Abbie Fentress Swanson

President Barack Obama is delaying his trip to Indonesia, Guam and Australia by three days to work on getting his health care reform package passed.

More than 40 people were killed and about 100 were injured when two suicide bombers detonated their explosives.

Republicans responded by asking that earmarks be banned across the board.

Demonstrators are protesting salary cuts in the billions of dollars, as well as hiring and pension fund freezes.

Congress and administration officials are moving closer to an agreement on health care reform.

Americans will be hearing more from both sides of the healthcare debate today.

The New York City Opera has announced its 2010-11 season. City Opera will offer five productions, and 20th-century American composers figure largely in the program.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is visiting troops in southern Afghanistan today. One stop he made was a remote outpost near Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Patti LuPone will make her debut at the New York City Ballet in the company's 2011 season.

The American Repertory Ballet in New Brunswick and the 12 Miles West Theatre Company in Madison have cancelled their remaining shows this season.

"Let's seize reform. It's within our grasp," the president said in Philadelphia yesterday.

Michael Giacchino's Up won Best Musical Score at the Oscar's awards last night. It's Giacchino's first Academy Award.

Despite car bombings and mortar attacks, 62 percent of Iraq's registered voters turned out to vote in the parliamentary elections.  

More than 50 people in Turkey are dead after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck the eastern province of Elazig this morning.

In the last five years, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has more than doubled the number of music therapists at its clinics. The VA uses music therapy to help veterans with P...

Strong aftershocks continued to rock Chile on Friday.

The AP reports that the man who wounded two Pentago police officers at a subway entrance was John Patrick Bedell.

More than a dozen people died in Baghdad today after a series of explosions went off across the capital.