CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The government sent top investigators Thursday to hunt for Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos, whose abduction has shaken Venezuela's elite athletes and focused attention...
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Woodlawn Leadership Academy coach faces a misdemeanor simple battery charge after allegedly slapping a student Nov. 1.
The Times reports 35-year-old DeCarlos Holmes was arrested...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Is Linus jumping for joy?
The blanket, a plaything and comfort for generations of thumb-suckers like Charlie Brown's best friend in the "Peanuts" comic strip, landed Thursday...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tickets for the 2012 Essence Music Festival are on sale.
Ticket sales start today for the 18th annual festival, which will include empowerment seminars and musical acts July 6-8...
NEW YORK (AP) — Rick Perry had barely gotten through his gaffe in Wednesday's Republican primary debate when a rolling commentary on the TV screen declared his campaign on life support.
"Perry is...
GENEVA (AP) — The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday.
The...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's most populous county filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history Wednesday, years after being plunged more than $4 billion into debt by a corruption-riddled...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — From Sept. 1 through Nov. 3, New Orleans police confiscated 347 illegal guns.
The department said Wednesday that the guns were seized by officers on foot patrol, at traffic stops...
HONOLULU (AP) — A rodeo bull in Hawaii appears comfortable again after spending about 20 hours with his head stuck in a giant tire.
The 800-pound bull, named Skywalker, couldn't eat or drink after...
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer says there's no such thing as the free breakfast promised by a high-end New York City health club, and he says he should get more than $200,000 for the missing meals.
Richard...
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian protesters pelted a group of rival opposition leaders with eggs Wednesday outside Arab League headquarters in Cairo, accusing them of playing along with President Bashar Assad's...
TORONTO (AP) — Toronto's zoo is splitting up a pair of male penguins whose affection has drawn headlines and jokes about females."
Buddy, who is 21, had a female partner for 10 years and produced...
