ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaskan woman was convicted Tuesday of misdemeanor child abuse after squirting hot sauce into the mouth of her adopted Russian son as punishment in what prosecutors said...

PARIS (AP) — France's Socialists are lauding a move by New York prosecutors to drop the attempted rape case against prominent party figure Dominique Strauss-Kahn, after a stormy two months for the...

MADRID (AP) — One of Spain's richest nobles is to marry at the age of 85, wedding a man 25 years her junior despite initial opposition from her children. The Duchess of Alba released a statement...

MINERAL, Va. (AP) — The most powerful earthquake to strike the East Coast in 67 years shook buildings and rattled nerves from Georgia to Maine on Tuesday. Frightened office workers spilled into the...

(AP) — Republican Attorney General Buddy Caldwell's re-election bid has gotten the backing of U.S. Sen. David Vitter. The Times-Picayune says Vitter cited Caldwell's opposition to the new federal...

TRIPOLI (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi's main military compound, stormed Tuesday by Libyan rebels, was a sprawling blend of barracks, personal living quarters and offices seen as the most defining symbol...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 24-year-old cheerleading coach from Ohio died Monday from head injuries she sustained during the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair, and it wasn't immediately clear if...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia forced evacuations of all the monuments on the National Mall in Washington and rattled nerves from Georgia to Martha's Vineyard,...

SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky doctor said Monday that he saved a truck driver's life when he amputated part of the man's penis after discovering a rare and deadly cancer, but the man told a...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — As a 76-year-old scoutmaster led two young charges on a nature hike, they stopped to identify a tree — a pause authorities say put them in the path of a man who emerged...

(AP) — Supporters of a campaign to remove Alison Gary from the East Baton Rouge Metro Council have one month left to collect the necessary 7,847 signatures needed to hold a recall election. Despite...