MADRID (AP) - In an unprecedented act of royal contrition, Spain's king apologized Wednesday for having gone elephant hunting in Africa while everyday people endure a severe economic crisis. "I am very...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The judge presiding over the Trayvon Martin shooting case on removed herself Wednesday after the attorney for defendant George Zimmerman argued she had a possible conflict of interest...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court is retiring. Catherine "Kitty" Kimball said Wednesday that she will leave the court in January after serving for 20 years. In a statement...

(AP) - At a Baton Rouge Catholic school with New Orleans' archbishop looking on, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Wednesday signed sweeping legislation overhauling public education in the state while allowing...

(AP) - Rapper Mystikal will be going back behind bars for three months because of a probation violation. Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Tyler, was released from a Louisiana prison in 2010 after serving...

CAIRO (AP) - Fans charged in Egypt's deadliest soccer riot declared their innocence in the first trial session Tuesday, directing their anger toward police charged with collaborating in the killing of...

CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) - The space shuttle Discovery went out in high-flying style. After three spectacular spins above the nation's capital, the world's most traveled spaceship completed its final flight...

NEW YORK (AP) - The admitted mastermind of a foiled plot to bomb New York City subways testified Tuesday that he wanted to fight jihad in Afghanistan after coming to believe that the U.S. government was...

OMAHA, Neb. - Warren Buffett told his company's shareholders in an open letter Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer. The 81-year-old billionaire investor and CEO of Berkshire...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana won't assign any delegates to a Tennessee lawyer who finished a distant second to President Barack Obama in the state's Democratic primary because the party said he didn't...

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Osama bin Laden's three widows and their nine children were scheduled to be deported to Saudi Arabia overnight, almost a year after U.S. Navy SEALs killed the al-Qaida chief at a compound...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's rocket launch Monday, announcing it will impose new sanctions and warning of further action if Pyongyang conducts another...