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Congress takes up the massive bill to bail out the nation's financial institutions this week, where the theme might be "anything but clean." So far lawmakers are focusing their concerns on oversight, helping homeowners and questioning CEO salaries.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke are before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday to urge senators to act quickly on the $700 billion bailout package. Democrats seem to be unfied over the plan but some Republicans are hostile towards it.

The debate over a proposed $700 billion bailout of the nation's financial system has intensified. Lawmakers, including Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, say they want answers to how the situation became so dire. Brown says there's going to be no blank check.

Members of the Senate Banking Committee heard Tuesday from Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama, the ranking Republican on the committee, says he won't vote for the plan the way it stands now. He believes it will have to be reconfigured to pass because there are too many unanswered questions.

A new study finds that winter wave heights have increased along California's coastline as human actions have warmed the world's climate. Bigger waves are a threat to the already vulnerable coast.

Change is coming to the rail industry in the U.S. — but whether it's for the better or worse depends on who you ask.

You don't even have to own one. Research shows just 5 to 20 minutes interacting with other people's pooches can reduce stress hormones and increase well-being.

Despite prosecutors listing six of his alleged co-conspirators, Donald Trump will be standing alone in Washington, D.C.'s federal courthouse in his first court appearance since being indicted Tuesday.

The federal jury acquitted a state trooper charged with violating the civil rights of Aaron Bowman despite body-camera footage that showed the officer pummeling him 18 times with a flashlight.

The two U.S. sailors, both based in California, were charged with similar moves to provide sensitive intelligence to the Chinese.