National News

Residents near Los Angeles are being warned to stay on alert during the night as two huge wildfires burn in parts of the San Fernando Valley.

Restaurants are expecting big increases in food costs, increases that will likely lead to menu changes and price hikes.

The Bush administration is planning to greatly expand protections for the U.S. banking system out of deep concern about the faltering economy.

Gay couples in California and from around the nation are rushing to tie the knot before Nov. 4 in case voters approve a ballot initiative aimed at banning same-sex marriage.

Wall Street has stormed back from last week's devastating losses, sending the Dow Jones industrials soaring a nearly inconceivable 936 points.

President Bush says the U.S. and other nations are taking "decisive action" to revive global economic growth.

Top U.S. government officials and leading bank executives are meeting in Washington today to nail down details of a $700 billion financial rescue plan.

A pilot and television photographer are dead after their helicopter crashed on its way to cover a story near Houston.

Nine people are at a hospital after a car struck a school bus in Lafayette, La. and caught fire.

The tumbling price of crude oil has turned into a price break at the pump.