PERUGIA, Italy (AP) — Amanda Knox can't sleep or eat properly as she awaits to know if an appeals court in Italy will uphold or overturn her murder conviction, a friend of the jailed American student...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A North Carolina man crawled for four days across the Utah desert after breaking his leg on a solo hike, inspired by a Hollywood movie about a man who cut off his own arm to...

GRETNA (AP) — As it looked like Mardi Gras was dead in Gretna, the City Council is taking another stab at saving its traditional celebration. City Councilwoman Belinda Constant said she is close...

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Mexican authorities are searching for a 39-year-old man who was seen jumping off a Carnival cruise ship near Cozumel. Carnival officials said the man reportedly jumped off...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans taxi drivers must meet a new requirement: the ability to "fluently speak" English. The City Council passed the requirement Thursday on a 7-0 vote. Drivers already have...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, considered a reformer by the standards of his own ultraconservative kingdom, decreed on Sunday that women will have the right to vote for...

VIENNA (AP) — Members of the 151-nation International Atomic Energy Agency have endorsed a post-Fukushima nuclear safety plan but the IAEA chief says it will only be as good as the will of individual...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Pro Bowl right tackle Jon Stinchcomb, who was released by the Saints during training camp, said Thursday that he is happy with life away from football and is retiring from...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Cleanup crews filled three dozen dump trucks with furniture and trash from hundreds of rental properties Thursday as Morgantown officials tried to prevent or at least downsize...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — American diplomats led a walkout at the U.N. General Assembly Thursday as Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fiercely attacked the United States and major West European nations...