WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — John McCain is questioning Barack Obama's ties to a 1960s radical. In his strongest criticism of his presidential rival, McCain told a Wisconsin town-hall crowd: "We need to...

 DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected U.S. missile strike targeted two areas in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghanistan border on Thursday, killing at least nine people, Pakistani...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — John Brady is enjoying a unique welcome to Arkansas. "The statement I get the most is: ‘We used to hate you, but we like you now,'" Brady said Thursday. "That's kind...

LONDON (AP) — World markets were caught in Wall Street's downdraft as fears over a global financial crisis sent investors fleeing for the exits. European and Latin American stock markets gave up...

LONDON (AP) — Any athletes who thought they got away with doping at the Beijing Olympics shouldn't rest easy. The drug police are coming back. The International Olympic Committee said Wednesday it...

DENVER (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that a $150 billion economic stimulus plan is needed now because of the faltering economy, and she may call the House into session after the...

BATON ROUGE (AP) — The Louisiana School for the Deaf is shutting down temporarily to add new security after a string of arrests on sex charges involving students and staff, the state superintendent...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Prosecutors have refused to pursue criminal charges against seven Tulane University fraternity members accused of burning pledges with boiling water and pepper spray during an...

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Thai riot police clashed Tuesday with thousands of protesters who barricaded Parliament and vowed to block the government from exiting the building. A deputy prime minister...

MIAMI (AP) — There is real danger that Islamic extremist groups such as al-Qaida and Hezbollah could form alliances with wealthy and powerful Latin American drug lords to launch new terrorist attacks,...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Scientists who have pursued dark matter, hunted for undiscovered planets and advanced nanotechnology were being touted Monday as candidates for the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics....

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — NATO allies must send either more forces or more money for the fight in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates will argue this week as he meets with NATO defense ministers....