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...

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...

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...

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...

(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal has partially frozen state government hiring, hoping to save more than $25 million this year. Jindal's top budget adviser, Commissioner of Administration Angele Davis, says...

WASHINGTON (AP) — "Uncle Ted" Stevens, an old-style Senate giant and the chamber's longest-serving Republican, delivered his swan song address and yielded the floor for the final time Thursday. He...