HOUSTON — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been released from the hospital and will continue her recovery from a devastating head wound at her husband’s suburban Houston home, enabling her to make daily trips to the hospital where she began to rebuild her life after a gunman shot her five months ago.

A former New York Giants wide receiver may have gone from a loved figure to a hated one in New York after his comments on the possibility of gay marriage being legalized in the state. David Tyree, who became a hero after making a game-changing catch in Super Bowl XLII, made a video for the […]

WASHINGTON — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, though applications remain above levels consistent with a healthy economy. Unemployment benefit applications fell 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 414,000, the second drop in three weeks, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s a positive sign that layoffs are slowing. Still, applications have been above 400,000 […]

PHOENIX — The nation’s largest Protestant denomination has chosen an African-American to serve as its No. 2 officer in an historic election.

Sources close to the NYTimes are reporting that Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner has informed friends he will be resigning. The close to month long storm swirling around Weiner has worsened with more lewd photos leaking of the congressman, and Democrats holding a meeting today to decide whether to strip him of his committee assignments. Reports […]

NEW YORK — New York City police are investigating an online posting from a convicted felon who claims to have shot and robbed Tupac Shakur in 1994, two years before the rapper was slain.