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A federal panel of medical experts says that an experimental insomnia drug from Merck & Co Inc. appears safe and effective, despite evidence from company trials that the pill can cause daytime sleepiness and difficulty driving.

An unmanned jet built for the U.S. Navy's high-altitude maritime surveillance missions made its first flight on Wednesday, officials said.

A federal judge is apologizing for an 18-month delay in unsealing documents in a case involving an alleged leak of classified information by a government employee to a television news reporter.

A U.S. Army soldier has been charged with secretly photographing and videotaping women at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point -- including in a bathroom, officials said Wednesday.

U.S. Attorney General and chief law enforcement official Eric Holder said that a total of four American citizens -- who are suspected to be involved in terrorist activities -- have been killed in military drone strikes since 2009.

The FBI said Wednesday that a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe was shot to death when he allegedly lunged at an FBI agent with a knife.

Authorities still are working to find six adults who haven't been accounted for since the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City area earlier this week, officials said Wednesday.

A couple who believe in faith healing and who were on probation for their son's pneumonia death will likely face new criminal charges over the death of a second child, an attorney said Wednesday.

A federal appeals court will allow a capital murder case to proceed against an accused drug kingpin from northern Virginia.

The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas said Wednesday that he has decided to represent himself at his upcoming trial.