President Obamas push to triple federal loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants has recharged the debate over the viability of nuclear energy. Msnbc.com's Mike Stuckey reports.

Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday on track for the hard-hit mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices were closed for a second day.

Washington's history of relatively mild winters has left residents without a common sense of snow etiquette over who should shovel sidewalks or how to save a cleared parking spot.

The nation's largest auto insurer said Tuesday it alerted federal safety regulators in late 2007 about a rise in reports of unexpected acceleration in Toyota vehicles.

How far back do potential braking problems with the Toyota Prius go? The answer may be much further than believed, and could involve vehicles dating back to the 2005 model-year.

Federal safety officials say they will look into complaints from Toyota Corolla drivers about difficulty with the steering on their vehicles.

If there were a scorecard for the promises President Barack Obama made a year ago in this struggling city in northern Indiana, he would probably get a C.

A Massachusetts medical examiner finds figure skater Nancy Kerrigan's father died of a heart rhythm problem after suffering a neck injury so severe it damaged his voice box.

U.S. Army soldiers launched a major operation Tuesday in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan.

Iran began enriching uranium to a higher level on Tuesday over the vociferous objections of the countries which fear the process could eventually lead to nuclear weapons.