WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — Almost a dozen New England towns were rendered virtual islands Monday as floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Irene reshaped parts of Vermont and upstate New York, turning...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A soldier suspected of killing four people in Pennsylvania and Virginia was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound in Philadelphia after a daylong manhunt during...

HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — Tropical storm Jose spun over the open Atlantic just to the west of Bermuda on Sunday, buffeting the wealthy British territory with winds and intermittent showers. The 10th...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — About 100 people have been ordered to leave their homes as a wildfire burns outside Yosemite National Park, fire officials said Sunday. Residents of the community...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Two top U.N. officials offered conflicting views Sunday on the safety of its Nigeria headquarters after a suicide car bombing there killed 23 people in the attack claimed by...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As a recipient of a 2011 NEA National Heritage Fellowship award, a prestigious honor in folk and traditional arts, Mardi Gras Indian chief Bo Dollis will be the center of attention...

HOUMA (AP) — It was an average year for nutria hunters with 338,512 tails turned in. Figures at the Coastwide Nutria Control Program website show that's about 24 percent down from last year's record...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's president announced plans Thursday to end wartime emergency laws that have curbed civil and political liberties for the past 30 years. The country has been under...

BUXTON, N.C. (AP) — A monstrous Hurricane Irene tightened its aim on the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday, threatening 65 million people along a shore-hugging path from North Carolina to New England....

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Tens of thousands of Chileans marched peacefully Thursday demanding profound changes in the country's heavily centralized and privatized form of government, while smaller groups...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African leaders pledged nearly $380 million to help famine-hit families in the Horn of Africa during a donor conference held Thursday. The African Development Bank announced...