Pope Benedict XVI assured a huge, cheering crowd at the Vatican Wednesday that he was not abandoning the Catholic Church, saying he would remain at its service through prayer.

Tens of thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City Wednesday to witness Pope Benedict XVI’s final general audience before his historic abdication.

Forecasters warned of ice, snow and difficult travel in the Midwest and parts of New York and New England Wednesday.

Two Santa Cruz police officers were shot to death Tuesday afternoon - the first time in city history that officers were killed in the line of duty. One suspect was also killed.

Tens of thousands of people were gathering in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City Wednesday to witness Pope Benedict XVI’s final general audience before his historic abdication.

Two young boys who were taken from their day care center Tuesday have been found dead in Preston, Conn. Their grandmother, Debra Denison, who according to state police took the boys, was also found dead.

A sharp jump in the number of rare but potentially deadly types of a superbug resistant to nearly all last-resort antibiotics has prompted government health officials to renew warnings for U.S. hospitals, nursing homes and other health care settings.

A 19-year-old student died as a result of a shooting incident at a residence hall at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., campus officials confirmed early Wednesday morning.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department says two Santa Cruz police officers were shot to death Tuesday afternoon — the first time in city history that officers were killed in the line of duty.

Democratic congressional candidate Robin Kelly, who centered her campaign heavily on calls for tougher gun control laws, emerged from a crowded field on Tuesday to clinch her party’s nomination for the Illinois House seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr.

A Florida man was shot and wounded over the weekend by his dog, who walked away without charges, police said.

CBT: For the third time this season, Indiana was upset as the nation's No. 1 ranked team on Tuesday, this time falling prey to Minnesota.

A newly discovered comet is due to pass close by Mars in October 2014, and there's an outside chance of a spectacular Red Planet collision.

GlaxoSmithKline's Pandemrix swine flu vaccine has been linked to cases of the rare sleep disorder narcolepsy in children in a scientific study in England that confirms similar findings elsewhere in Europe.

As her music played in the background, the country music star was remembered Tuesday by friends and family as a fun and talented singer who also "wanted to be healed" from her past.

Iran is using old tankers, saved from the scrapyard by foreign middlemen, to ship out oil to China in ways that avoid Western sanctions, say officials involved with sanctions.

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: The meteor that blew up over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk has provided a new focus for the effort to set up an international asteroid warning system, one of NASA's top experts says.