Cartel’s revenge escalates Mexico drug war

It was the boldest, most widespread coordinated offensive ever mounted by drug traffickers against the Mexican government.

Deadly Afghan July for U.S.-led forces

Analysis: Sotomayor blunts GOP efforts

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s record on the bench has yielded few decisions that Republican senators can exploit in her confirmation hearings.

Sotomayor deflects questions on abortion

Stocks end with big gains following Fed news

Investors are betting on the economy again.

Foreclosures up 15 percent in first half of 2009

British Open begins at a sunny Turnberry

Fully recovered from the knee surgery that kept him out of last year’s Open, Tiger Woods was the overwhelming choice to capture his 15th major championship when play began at historic Turnberry on Thursday, even though Padraig Harrington could become the first golfer in more than 50 years to win the claret jug three years in a row.

Breaking down the British Open contenders

Tidbits: Jackson’s kids want to live with Janet

A family friend tells OK! magazine that Michael Jackson's three kids want to stay with their aunt, and that the singer is willing to raise them.

Video of Jackson’s Pepsi burn accident surfaces

Obama on progress in health care reform

President Barack Obama discusses progress on health care reform with NBC's chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman

News of high Alzheimer’s risk doesn’t devastate

Shuttle lifts off at last after five delays

After more than a month’s delay, the space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts thundered into orbit Wednesday on a flight to the international space station, hauling up a veranda for Japan’s enormous lab and shooting for a record crowd in space.

Learning the lessons of Apollo 11

To the moon!

Communities around the country are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing and man’s first steps on the moon.

TripAdvisor warns of hotels posting fake reviews