NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A private security guard at Newark Liberty International Airport was arrested on charges of threatening Barack Obama the night before the president was to fly there.A Continental...

NEW DELHI (AP) — A passenger train in northern India crashed into another train's rear carriage reserved for women and disabled passengers, killing 22 people and injuring 16 who remained trapped...

QUANTICO, Va. (AP) — A Marine Corps sergeant was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months confinement and fined $25,000 for pretending to be an injured war hero to get free seats at rock concerts and professional...

LAFAYETTE (AP) — More complaints of animal neglect have been made against the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's New Iberia Research Center.For the second time this year, an animal rights group,...

MAZATLAN, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Rick hit Mexico's Pacific coast just north of the resort of Mazatlan on Wednesday, toppling trees and signs, after sparing Los Cabos on the Baja California...

(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration is slowing plans for a $100 million upgrade to state government computer systems and instead will start with a pilot program at the transportation department,...

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — President Barack Obama unveiled plans Wednesday to refocus spending of the government's $700 billion financial bailout away from Wall Street's big financial institutions and...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian security forces have arrested suspects in a suicide bombing that killed at least 42 people. 

VIENNA (AP) — American and Iranian negotiators met directly Tuesday to try to kick-start stalled talks meant to persuade Tehran to send most of its enriched uranium abroad — and thus delay...

MIAMI (AP) — Immigrant advocates are urging retailers to pull a Halloween costume depicting a space creature in orange prison garb emblazoned with the words "illegal alien," while a group that supports...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is making it easier for Anglicans to convert to Roman Catholicism — a surprise move designed to entice traditionalists opposed to women priests, openly gay clergy...

(AP) — A Louisiana couple filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against a justice of the peace who refused to perform their marriage ceremony because they were of different races.Beth Humphrey...