Amid conflicting and heated rhetoric, a political pragmatism began to emerge Sunday as senators prepared for a debate on a sweeping Democratic health care bill.

Rhode Island's top Roman Catholic leader has asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop taking Communion over his support for abortion rights, the diocese said Sunday.

About 70 students at the University of California-Santa Cruz surrendered the administration building they had occupied in protest of a tuition hike.

The beating of 12-year-old boy by a group of classmates at a Southern California middle school may be linked to a Facebook posting encouraging kids to target redheads, authorities say.

Authorities at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear plant were investigating what caused a weekend radiation leak that resulted in 150 workers being sent home, officials said Sunday.

Shuttle astronaut Randy Bresnik has welcomed a daughter -- from space. Bresnik is aboard the international space station.

Janet Jackson takes the Nokia Theatre stage to open Sunday evening's 37th annual American Music Awards show, but Rihanna's red carpet entrance may cause the most excitement.

More than 80 Michael Jackson collectibles, including the late pop star's famous rhinestone-studded glove from a 1983 performance, were auctioned off for $2 million.

A car carrying a 400-pound bomb was driven through barriers at police headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland, crashing into a building, police said Sunday.

Israeli fighter jets attacked what the country said were "terrorist sites" in Gaza in retribution for an earlier attack, the military said Sunday.