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...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling climate change an urgent challenge, President-elect Barack Obama promised Tuesday that Washington would take a leading role in combating it in the United States and throughout...

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Al-Qaida's No. 2 slurred Barack Obama with a demeaning racial term for a black American who does the bidding of whites in a new Web message Wednesday intended to dent the president-elect's...

(AP) — State budget crafters are warning of tight times next year. But Louisiana's public colleges are asking for a funding boost of $116 million.That's the amount of money Commissioner of Higher...

DALLAS (AP) — It seems as if the gracious couple has told the story a thousand times — how the crack of an assassin's bullet struck the president just feet from where they stood.Sometimes it's...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Leaders of the world's biggest media organizations filed a protest with Israel's prime minister Wednesday criticizing the government's decision to ban journalists from entering the...

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street hit levels not seen since 2003 on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average plunging below the 8,000 mark as the fate of Detroit's Big Three automakers amid a slumping...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. panel says the Sudanese government and rebel groups in Darfur have flagrantly violated a U.N. arms embargo and have chosen a military solution to the conflict over peace...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eric Holder, formerly second in charge at the Justice Department, is President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to become attorney general, an Obama official and people close to...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A new witness has come forward in the 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba, and prosecutors said Tuesday they are seeking more evidence against...