The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday.

The dispute among Democrats foretells of a rowdy floor debate next month on legislation that would extend health care coverage to roughly 31 million Americans.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending investigators to the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant after a small amount of radiation was detected there.

A subway passenger was stabbed to death in front of horrified riders in a dispute with another man over a seat in the car in midtown Manhattan, police said.

Attorney Edward Chernoff told The Associated Press on Sunday that Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jacksons former personal physician, will be at work Monday at his Armstrong Medical Clinic in Houston.

A gunman fatally wounded a passenger in another vehicle at an Oregon intersection, setting off a police chase that ended when the suspect crashed and was killed by officers, authorities said.

Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion in Rhode Island because of the congressman's support for abortion rights, Kennedy says.

The man considered the father of lethal injection in the United States said it doesn't matter whether three fatal drugs are used or one as long as the drug works efficiently.

Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the school's policies are sexist and hostile toward female cadets.

Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past.