SAN FRANCISCO – The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to halt gay marriages in the state, leaving opponents of same-sex weddings few – if any – legal options to stop…
Al-Qaida fighters have been turning increasingly to secretive chat rooms and encrypted Internet message boards to plan attacks and avoid interception by Western intelligence agencies. Experts say programs set up…
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning broke his silence and offered an apology for leaking information to WikiLeaks in 2010. The former military intelligence analyst also told the court-martial panel that he…
All 18 crewmembers aboard an Indian submarine are feared dead after an explosion set off an explosion on board the submarine while it was in dock in Mumbai, India. The…
The eurozone’s longest recession has finally ended, The European Union’s statistics office said Wednesday that the 17 EU countries that use the euro saw their collective economic output increase by…
Pathologists who conducted several autopsies of the victims described the wounds caused by an FN 5.7 semi-automatic pistol while testifying at the military trial of Maj. Nidal Hasan. He is…
President Barack Obama is spending much of his vacation playing golf – at least so far. His daughters – Malia, 15, and Sasha, 12 – are away at camp and…
A suspected gunman took three people hostage in the Tensas State Bank branch in St. Joseph, La., Tuesday. The 20-year-old suspect, Fuaed Abdo Ahmed, was killed by police after he…
Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and pro-reform leader in the interim government, resigned in protest over the assaults as the military-backed leadership imposed a monthlong state…
The protest camps filled with supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi are taking on a very permanent look, with protesters setting up solar panels and even barber shops. Islamist…
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has tentatively identified two bodies as “Comrade Gabriel,” or Marco Antonio Quispe Palomino, and “Comrade Alipio” or Alejandro Borda Casafranca, two members of the Shining Path’s…
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf would not say whether the U.S. might send a high-level official to Pyongyang to seek freedom for 45-year-old Kenneth Bae. But she told reporters the…
The 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., which is in charge of maintaining and operating 150 Minutemen 3 missiles, failed a safety and security inspection, the general…
“Sexual behavior among contemporary college students has not changed greatly over the past 2½ decades,” says a study from the University of Portland in Oregon. “We’re questioning some of the…
David Kwiatkoski is set to plead guilty to federal drug charges in New Hampshire today as part of a plea agreement that will send him to prison for 30 to…
Following a seven-week trial and nearly five days of deliberations, Bulger was convicted Monday of participating or causing 11 murders under a sweeping racketeering indictment. He was also convicted of…
Shiite activists are calling for national protests in Bahrain today, seeking more influence in the country. The government has stepped up security in advance of the planned protests.Hasan Jamali/Associated Press…
A poster shows two of the Palestinian prisoners Israel released Tuesday as part of an agreement to get peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel restarted. The poster shows Asrar…
The federal government and several states are opposing plans by US Airways and American Airlines to merge, a move hailed by consumer groups.Susan Walsh/Associated Press Instead, they were stunned Tuesday…
Part of a resort villa in Clermont, Fla., fell into a sinkhole Sunday night, awakening vacationers who were staying at the Summer Bay Resort. The 40- to 50-foot sinkhole damaged…
The judge issued an injunction against the American Quarter Horse Association and its prohibition of cloned horses, and their offspring, from its registry. The registry adds financial value to listed…
Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto is proposing to lift a constitutional ban so that foreign firms can start investing in the country’s state-run oil company, Pemex.EDUARDO VERDUGO/Associated Press The reform…
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, center, attacked a recent Supreme Court ruling as an “assault of voting rights” during a Monday speech to about 10,000 attorneys at the American…
The date, number of troops killed, general location and the type of attack accompany the most detailed news releases. Others merely state that a servicemember had been killed. Until May…
Thousands of supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi reinforced sit-in camps in Cairo, Egypt, on Monday, leading the military-backed government to postpone plans to disperse the protesters.Amr Nabil/Associated Press…
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is calling for changes in the criminal justice system to give federal judges more discretion in sentencing offenders for minor and non-violent drug offenses.Eric Risberg/Associated…
The federal jury found Bulger had a role in 11 murders, assuring the 83-year-old will die in prison, but found that his role in the remaining cases was unproved. Steve…
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON – Ninety birthdays maybe, but not 120: Americans hope to stretch out life expectancy another decade or so, but they’re ambivalent, even skeptical,…
Archeology students, Jessica Higley, left, Michael Way, right, and Jamie Badams, bottom, work in the area that was damaged by a rainstorm in July at the archeological dig at the…
Harrisdu1-i-syn The overflow crowd in the board of commissioners meeting room was overwhelmingly white and older, and booed loudly when one audience member asked Harris to support a path to…
