SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Navy says it plans to kick out 28 sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan for using a synthetic drug that mimics marijuana called Spice. The announcement Monday...

HAMMOND (AP) — Southeastern Louisiana University has fired football coach Mike Lucas, effective immediately. The university announced Lucas' dismissal Monday. It did not provide reasons for letting...

NEW YORK (AP) — The mother of a "lone wolf" accused of plotting to attack police stations and post offices with homemade bombs apologized to New Yorkers on Monday, even as questions arose about why...

LONDON (AP) — Actor Hugh Grant told a London courtroom Monday about the dark side of celebrity life, describing mysterious break-ins, leaked medical details and hacked voice mails — and laying...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU's executive arm said Monday that it wants to completely ban shark finning — the practice of removing sharks' fins and throwing the finless creatures back into the sea...

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. will cut financial ties with Iranian banks over fears about its nuclear program, Britain's Treasury chief George Osborne said Monday. Osborne said all U.K. financial institutions...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A 33-year-old British adventurer preparing for a historic solo crossing of Antarctica was waiting at a base camp for the weather to improve on Sunday in order to begin her...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The sprawling pile of hundreds of thousands of tires isn't easy to spot from the ground, sitting in a rural South Carolina clearing accessible by only a circuitous dirt path...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Artists used paint, ornaments and glitter to transform the human body into artwork at a festival in Venezuela, showing off designs that ranged from pure fantasy to indigenous...

ZINTAN, Libya (AP) — Libya's new leaders said Sunday they will try Moammar Gadhafi's son at home and not hand him over to the International Criminal Court where he's charged with crimes against humanity....

SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. (AP) — In one of South Florida's upscale, rural enclaves, town leaders decided to bring in much of their money from an unusual business: a prison. Only the leaders of Southwest...

(AP) — The charter school movement and state education overhaul plans sought by Gov. Bobby Jindal got a boost from the runoff elections for the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. And the...