NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans, with more than 19,000 reported crimes and 208 murders in 2007, is ranked as the most violent U.S. city, according to a national study released Monday. The study, published...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama intends to name Peter Orszag as his budget director, Democratic officials said Monday, turning to Congress' chief adviser on spending and taxes as he...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez said Monday that allies' victories in state and local elections mean Venezuelans want him to press ahead with his socialist policies. But his opponents...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez said Monday that allies' victories in state and local elections mean Venezuelans want him to press ahead with his socialist policies. But his opponents...

MADRID, Spain (AP) — A new kind of silent hero has joined the fight against climate change. Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a gritty, working-class town outside Barcelona, has placed a sea of solar panels...

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Shots were fired near the motorcade carrying the presidents of Georgia and Poland on Sunday — the fifth anniversary of Georgia's Rose Revolution — Georgian officials...

HOUSTON (AP) — Astronauts tinkered Sunday on a troublesome piece of equipment which can convert urine and sweat into drinkable water once it's functioning and allow the international space station...

NEW YORK (AP) — Cash or credit? For more Americans, who have already maxed out their credit cards or are just trying to manage their spending better in the tough economy, the answer is increasingly...

LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Global poultry grower Aviagen Inc. said Wednesday it has suspended a supervisor and would investigate a video released by an animal rights group that appears to show horrific...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Army cook convicted of multiple rapes and murders is set to die next month in what will be the U.S. military's first execution in nearly 50 years.The military said Thursday...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the number of new claims for U.S. jobless benefits hitting a 16-year high, some economists warn of further waves of layoffs in the months ahead.Even already battered industries...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Ben Affleck is talking to children and aid officials in refugee camps in war-torn eastern Congo in an effort to raise awareness of the conflict that has displaced at least 250,000...