LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — President Evo Morales ended a five-day hunger strike Tuesday after Bolivia's congress broke a political deadlock, approving a law that lets him run for re-election in December....

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Doug White and his family had just enjoyed a smooth takeoff and were ascending through the clouds when the pilot guiding their twin-engine plane tilted his head back and made a...

(AP) — House Speaker Jim Tucker on Monday defended Gov. Bobby Jindal against critics who say the governor spends too much time out of state, giving speeches and holding fundraisers. Tucker said "it...

KAMIEN POMORSKI, Poland (AP) — Survivors of a fire that killed 21 people at a three-story shelter for homeless families in Poland on Monday described a fast-moving inferno that forced some to jump...

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Somali pirates were back to business as usual Tuesday, defiantly seizing four more ships with 60 hostages after U.S. sharpshooters rescued an American freighter captain. "No...

BEIJING (AP) — China released its first human rights action plan Monday, pledging to improve the treatment of minorities and do more to prevent the torture of detainees but said that raising living...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Arctic sea ice is melting so fast most of it could be gone in 30 years. A new analysis of changing conditions in the region, using complex computer models of weather and climate,...

CHICAGO (AP) — Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich was indicted Thursday on charges of trying to auction off President Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat along with new corruption allegations that he...

KABUL (AP) — A new Afghan law makes it legal for men to rape their wives, human rights groups and some Afghan lawmakers said Thursday, accusing President Hamid Karzai of signing the legislation to...

CUERNAVACA, Mexico (AP) — The U.S. and Mexico are creating a cross-border group to develop strategies for stopping the illegal flow of guns and drugs between the two countries, officials said Thursday....

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers questioned $70 million in pay raises that state agencies are giving employees next year. Members of the House Appropriations Committee said Wednesday that too many employees...

(AP) — Michelle Obama packed a suitcase of her favorite designers for her first overseas trip as first lady, wearing many of the same labels she's put on the fashion map — including the decidedly...