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People who know Pfc. Bradley Manning wonder whether his desperation for acceptance may have led him to disclose a trove of government secrets.

The Obama administration, while deporting a record number of immigrants convicted of crimes, is sparing students who came to the United States without papers as children.

Mark V. Hurd’s ouster after a relationship with Jodie Fisher has put an unsavory end to one of the most notable executive turns in American business history.

A new study finds that girls today are more likely to start developing breasts by age 7 or 8, fueling a heated debate.

Ms. Neal, the molasses-voiced actress whose life alternated surreally between triumph and tragedy, won both an Academy Award and a Tony.

Officers said they saw a gunman shoot another man and then begin what became a wild gunfight with the police.

An envoy said an increase in African Union troops to 8,100 from 6,200 had improved security to move the United Nations’ foreign missions and organizations back inside Somalia.

Some countries want the same access to BlackBerry’s encrypted services that they think is already given to United States and other industrialized democracies.

Instead of principals hiring teachers individually, three schools have assembled teams of experienced teachers to anchor their schools and work with new teachers.

In their bid to recapture the House, Republicans hope to mine Democratic seats from districts that picked John McCain over Barack Obama in the last presidential race.

Friends, relatives and colleagues remembered two members of an ill-fated mission in Afghanistan as fervent humanitarians.

International golfers are poised to expand the beachhead they established on American soil with victories in 17 of the 34 tour events played in 2010.

Heated confrontations have broken out in communities where mosques are proposed near far less hallowed locations than ground zero in New York City.

The Minerals Management Service has been ridiculed as a pawn of the oil industry it was meant to oversee, and the Gulf Coast office has drawn particular scorn.

Beverly L. Hall has become a star in the education field, but that has not insulated her from a scandal that threatened to engulf two-thirds of the district’s schools.

Dozens of models returned to Arlington, Vt., to celebrate the painter Norman Rockwell, his works and their part in Americana.

As acres burn and the damage mounts from a nationwide eruption of wildfires, the government is being tested at all levels and, quite often, found wanting.

Kenyans are voting on a new constitution that seeks to address a flawed system that has exacerbated ethnic rifts.

Lawyers filed suit to block restrictions on their ability to represent a terror suspect, and said they would contest approval for targeted killing of a citizen accused of Qaeda ties.

Recruiters for 15 for-profit colleges encouraged lying on financial aid forms and misled potential students.