NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, the Vietnamese Republican who made a successful longshot bid for Congress in an overwhelmingly black and Democratic New Orleans district, is the subject...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel declared Wednesday that it will not open the Gaza Strip's blockaded borders until Hamas militants free a captured Israeli soldier, dealing a blow to Egyptian efforts to broker...
CHURCHILL, Australia — The only person accused of lighting one of Australia's deadly wildfires was a lonely Web surfer who liked dogs, always said "G'day" to neighbors and was trying to find love...
CLARENCE, N.Y. (AP) — Investigators have located key components that might help reveal what the pilot did to try to save Flight 3407 during its final desperate seconds, when the plane plunged to...
CHICAGO (AP) — Sen. Roland Burris insisted Monday that a newly released affidavit outlining contacts with ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother and other advisers was voluntary and not the result...
KABUL (AP) — The number of civilians killed in Afghanistan's worsening conflict jumped 40 percent to a new high last year, and more than half of the deaths were inflicted by Taliban insurgents and...
NEW YORK (AP) — About a quarter of the nation's TV stations cut off their analog signals Tuesday, causing sets to go dark in households that were not prepared for digital television despite two years...
CLARENCE, N.Y. (AP) — The man at the controls of a turboprop plane that pitched like a kite before crashing into a house last week had spent only 110 hours flying that model, and investigators said...
WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Barack Obama prepares to send troops to war for the first time as commander in chief, a new report says a "game-changing" strategy is urgently needed in Afghanistan...
CHURCHILL, Australia — The only person accused of lighting one of Australia's deadly wildfires was a lonely Web surfer who liked dogs, always said "G'day" to neighbors and was trying to find love...
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds of people blocked bridges to the United States in three border cities Tuesday, demanding the army leave in another challenge for the Mexican government as it...
LONDON (AP) — Nuclear submarines from Britain and France collided deep in the Atlantic Ocean this month, authorities said Monday in the first acknowledgment of a highly unusual accident that one...
