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...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A new Obama administration policy loosening guidelines on federal prosecution of medical marijuana on Monday signaled to users that they had less to fear from federal agents...

ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY JET (AP) — Pentagon chief Robert Gates says President Barack Obama may not be able to wait until the disputed Afghanistan elections are resolved to decide on a new war strategy.The...

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Less than 12 hours after celebrating his team's homecoming victory over Louisville, Connecticut football coach Randy Edsall was at a hospital identifying the body of one of the...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan police official says an unknown number of people are trapped in the rubble of a collapsed three story building in the country's capital.Monday's disaster comes barely...

(AP) — Louisiana lawmakers are considering a change in the retirement plans given to state government workers and teachers, a shift that would strip the guarantee of a benefit tied to salary and...

(AP) — Fewer than 4,000 doses of swine flu vaccine have been doled out to Louisiana patients. That's less than one-20th of the amount of vaccine that has been shipped to health care providers.State...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fishermen, scientists and public officials are urging the Obama administration to deal with south Louisiana's dire problems — coastal land loss, a huge dead zone and destruction...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Each pink taxi comes with a beauty kit, a GPS system and an alarm button.The new fleet of 35 cabs in Mexico's colonial city of Puebla are driven exclusively by women and don't...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — The parents who set off a worldwide drama by reporting their 6-year-old son was inside a flying saucer-like helium balloon hurtling over Colorado concocted the stunt to...