BAGHDAD (AP) — The governor of Iraq's largest Sunni province escaped an assassination attempt Monday on a highway in a former insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad. Iraqi police say the governor of...

GRAY (AP) — Parents of a student at Evergreen Junior High School in Gray say in a lawsuit that their son was taunted into fighting a fellow student in what amounted to a "fight club" at the school. The...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson's doctor was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star's death for supplying an insomnia-plagued Jackson with a powerful operating-room anesthetic...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Major, expensive improvements to the Bogalusa paper mill responsible for a massive August fish kill in the Pearl River will begin at the end of the year. The state Department of...

MOSCOW (AP) — Tens of thousands of Muslim men knelt in prayer on the freezing streets of Moscow on Sunday to celebrate the religious holiday of Eid al-Adha. Estimates of the number of Muslims in...

SONORA, Calif. (AP) — A 65-foot white fir tree selected as the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree was cut down and removed from a picturesque setting in the Sierra Nevada mountains on Saturday, then loaded...

LAKE CHARLES (AP) — Scam artists are targeting elderly Lake Charles area residents by impersonating their grandchildren and seeking transfers of thousands of dollars. The scammers appear to be using...

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia's president urged voters to go to the polls this week and to ignore a boycott by the opposition. Campaigning for the Nov. 8 presidential runoff ends at midnight Sunday,...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — T-shirts, coffee mugs and other merchandise emblazoned with Occupy locations and slogans related to the nationwide movement are now being offered online and amid the camp sites...

ot battle in Ohio that pits the union rights of public workers against Republican efforts to shrink government and limit organized labor's reach culminates Tuesday in a vote with many political consequences. A...