KENNER (AP) — Police are looking for a man who stole a Ford Explorer with a 2-year-old boy inside.The toddler was found unharmed after the thief abandoned the vehicle in New Orleans, Kenner police...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts closed out the last major construction mission at the International Space Station with a smooth landing in darkness that...

INTERNATIONAL Portugal floods kill 42, some people feared buried in debrisFUNCHAL, Madeira Islands (AP) — Rescue workers in Madeira dug through heaps of mud, boulders and debris Sunday, searching...

MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters holding out in Marjah are increasingly using civilians as human shields, firing from compounds where U.S. and Afghan forces can clearly see women and children...

Afghan Taliban chiefs arrested with US aid in Pakistani sweepsKABUL (AP) — Pakistani authorities, aided by U.S. intelligence, have apprehended more Afghan Taliban chiefs following the capture of...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Colombian woman declared dead of a heart attack moved one of her arms just as an undertaker was about to embalm her, doctors said Wednesday. Noelia Serna, 45, was rushed...

New Jersey man tells police he tossed baby off bridge WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — A man who snatched his infant daughter from the arms of her maternal grandmother while the child's mother was in court...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California woman who doused a bikini dancer with gasoline and set her on fire has been found guilty of aggravated mayhem and torture.A Los Angeles jury convicted 28-year-old...

Iran marks revolution with crackdown on protestsTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Iranian security forces unleashed a crushing sweep against opposition protesters on Thursday as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...

Media watchdog: 110 journalists killed in 2009 including 55 in Asia VIENNA (AP) — A total of 110 journalists lost their lives in 2009, the deadliest year in a decade for the profession, a media watchdog...

Russian military calls US missile defense plans a threatMOSCOW (AP) — U.S. missile defense plans are a threat to Russian national security and have slowed down progress on a new arms control treaty...

VIENNA (AP) — Iran pressed ahead Monday with plans that will increase its ability to make nuclear weapons as it formally informed the U.N. nuclear agency of its intention to enrich uranium to higher...