BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police in Colombia's capital have fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse rioters after a mostly peaceful student protest against an education reform bill.
Bogota police...
LONDON (AP) — Scottish police say they are investigating reports a woman was raped while participating in anti-capitalist protests in Glasgow.
Strathclyde Police said Wednesday that shortly after...
VIDRINE (AP) — Louisiana State Trooper Stephen Hammons says at least 40 people are hunting for an escaped burglar in Evangeline Parish, where witnesses identified him as the robber who held up a...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal court is being asked to grant constitutional rights to five killer whales that perform at marine parks — an unprecedented and perhaps quixotic legal action that is...
(AP) — A new East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, a new juvenile services facility, a new shared public safety headquarters and a larger addiction treatment facility top a list of about $300 million in...
TORONTO (AP) — Canada's Conservative government introduced legislation Tuesday to scrap a controversial law that requires the registration of rifles and shotguns. Canada has long required registration...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to condemn the U.S. embargo against Cuba for the 20th year in a row.
The final tally was 186-2, with only Israel joining...
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — The last of the nation's most powerful nuclear bombs has been taken apart in Texas.
Technicians at the Pantex Plant near Amarillo removed the uranium Tuesday from the last...
SHREVEPORT (AP) — A Shreveport man has been sentenced to 23 years for gay bashing.
William Payne was sentenced Monday in state district court, just days after pleading guilty to attacking a man with...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge temporarily blocked Florida's new law that requires welfare applicants to pass a drug test before receiving benefits on Monday, saying it may violate the Constitution's...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The sudden death of an American diver in the jaws of a great white shark off Australia's southwest coast has raised the specter of a rogue man-eater preying on a renowned...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An international art exhibition has opened in New Orleans.
"Prospect.2" — a follow-up to the "Prospect.1" exhibition of 2008 — opened Saturday. The exhibition includes...
