Posted: 3:52 AM A federal judge has ruled that a Texas company must pay disabled workers at an Iowa turkey plant $1.37 million dollars in back pay.

Posted: 3:50 AM A day after the most contentious provision of Arizona's immigration law took effect, rallies are taking place around Phoenix to protest the law that civil rights activists contend will lead to systematic racial profiling.

Posted: 3:48 AM Penn State's acting athletic director will stay on the job as long Rodney Erickson remains the school's president.

Updated: 3:47 AM Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says the Defense of Marriage Act will likely go to the U.S. Supreme Court within the next year.

Posted: 9:30 PM Penn State's president says a process is being developed for settling lawsuits filed against the university by people who claim they were sexually abused by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.

Posted: 9:30 PM A Palestinian health official says an Israeli airstrike has killed two people in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli military said it was looking into the report.

Updated: 9:28 PM President Barack Obama's administration is creating a national monument at a dramatic rock formation in southwestern Colorado that is surrounded by the Southern Ute Indian Reservation

Posted: 9:20 PM Japan's Finance Ministry reports a smaller-than-expected trade deficit of $9.6 billion for August, though weakening demand overseas is undermining hopes for an export-driven revival

Posted: 8:56 PM A day after the most contentious provision of Arizona's immigration law took effect, rallies were planned around Phoenix to protest the law that civil rights activists contend will lead to systematic racial profiling.

Posted: 8:54 PM A Georgia-based restaurant chain that drew national attention when its owner reaffirmed his opposition to same-sex marriage says it's leaving the debate to politicians in the future.

Posted: 11:02 AM The St. Louis Cardinals say the Peoria Chiefs will be their new full-season Class A minor league affiliate through 2016.

Posted: 7:57 AM An education group says more than half of black male students who graduated high school in 2010 earned their diplomas in four years, an improved graduation rate but one that still lagged far behind that of their white counterparts.

Posted: 7:54 AM A former Navy submarine commander has been found in violation of the military's criminal code for having an affair with a woman and faking his own death to end the relationship.

Posted: 7:52 AM A $400 million makeover is giving New York's iconic Macy's store a sleek, new 21st century style.

Posted: 7:50 AM The Army has developed body armor that's shorter and tailored specifically to fit women's physiques.

Posted: 7:48 AM A dormitory that was evacuated following a bomb threat at Arkansas State University has been deemed safe.

Posted: 9:34 PM Mitt Romney's running mate is calling the Republican presidential nominee "obviously inarticulate" when he remarked that nearly half of Americans believe they are victims and entitled to a range of government support.

Posted: 9:21 PM After a government helicopter was used in an over-the-top invitation to a high school dance, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials are reviewing the incident and an agency pilot has been reassigned.

Posted: 9:20 PM President Barack Obama says the man behind an anti-Islam movie that ignited violence across the Middle East is a "shadowy character."

Posted: 9:18 PM A dormitory that was evacuated following a bomb threat at Arkansas State University has been deemed safe.

Posted: 8:58 PM Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is calling the tentative agreement that led to the end of the city's teacher's strike "an honest compromise."

Posted: 4:22 PM U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says he's hopeful that both sides are close to agreement to end a teacher strike in Chicago.

Posted: 11:57 AM A new NCAA task force will come up with guidelines for how to distribute the record $60 million fine that Penn State has agreed to pay in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

Posted: 11:36 AM Jordan's king has endorsed a controversial new media law that critics say could severely stifle online expression.

Posted: 9:51 AM A man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of an alleged prostitute at a high-end Chicago hotel.