ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Thousands of people clad in bathing trunks, bikinis and even some woolly winter hats have taken the Polar Bear Plunge into the Chesapeake Bay for charity. The surging mass of...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's population of 128 million will shrink by one-third and seniors will account for 40 percent of people by 2060, placing a greater burden on a smaller working-age population to...

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Police in northern Mexico have captured an alleged member of the Zetas drug gang who confessed to killing at least 75 people, including many who were pulled off buses, authorities...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards has been hospitalized with pneumonia. "He's tired, but overall he's doing well" after being taken by ambulance on Saturday to Our Lady of the...

KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) — A Hawaii-based lance corporal accused of hazing a fellow Marine who committed suicide at their remote Afghanistan outpost was scheduled to appear in military court Monday...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Police shot and killed a fellow officer when he fired his gun as they tried to take him into custody on suspicion of sexual misconduct with a teenage girl, authorities...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A new study finds that massive pythons in the Everglades appear to be wiping out large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals. The report was published...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A homeless man who was stuck in thick mud near the Rio Grande river in Albuquerque for three days was rescued Saturday after some high school students on a field trip heard...

(AP) — Trina Edwards says her husband, former governor Edwin Edwards, is back home after a brief hospital stay for pneumonia. She tells The Associated Press they returned home Monday. She said earlier...

NEAR THE TEXAS-LOUISIANA LINE (AP) — Even in their Texas hideout, Jim and Donita Clark are terrified that wildlife agents from their home state of Louisiana will descend on their motorhome and seize...

COVINGTON (AP) — The body of a missing 63-year-old Baton Rouge man was discovered in the Bogue Chitto River in St. Tammany Parish. Campers discovered the body of William Holloway on Saturday morning....

BEIJING (AP) — Militants apparently captured 29 Chinese workers after attacking a remote worksite in a volatile region of Sudan, and Sudanese forces were increasing security for Chinese projects...