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...

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...

RACELAND (AP) — Deputies answering a domestic violence call found almost $60,000 worth of marijuana inside the Raceland home. The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office says deputies were questioning...

GENEVA (AP) — The Red Cross says over 29,000 people in North Korea have lost their homes from storms and flooding in the past three months. The International Federation of the Red Cross says it is...