TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan graffiti artists are taking advantage of newfound freedom to make fun of ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi on the streets of Tripoli.   For 42 years, the authoritarian...

VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Lawmakers in Veracruz state approved a law Tuesday designed to lessen terrorism charges filed against a man and a woman for allegedly causing a panic by tweeting rumors of...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Newly released recordings of 911 calls from hikers who came upon a fatal bear mauling in Yellowstone National Park reveal a harrowing scene in which the hikers heard a bear's...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Companies responsible for a 2007 San Francisco Bay oil spill that occurred when a ship slammed into a bridge agreed Monday to pay $44.4 million toward the cleanup and damage...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans' rich melting-pot history has always been a big draw for authors. But telling it through the eyes of two antebellum 9-year-old girls — one black, one white —...

SHREVEPORT (AP) — Shreveport officials may be forced to tell residents to restrict how much water they use. The Times reports city officials are measuring how much water is used over the next 10...

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin police cleared a university where Turkish President Abdullah Gul was due to speak after receiving a bomb threat Tuesday. Police asked people to leave the auditorium at Humboldt...

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Thousands of protesters backed by military defectors seized a base of the elite Republican Guards on Monday, weakening the control of Yemen's embattled president over this poor,...

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Two 17th century colonial paintings stolen from a Roman Catholic church in Bolivia more than 13 years ago have been recovered and returned to the South American country. A...

POWAY, Calif. (AP) — A public interest law center says it will request a full appellate court review of a ruling prohibiting the display of banners referring to God in a San Diego County classroom. The...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Three NATO service members died in separate attacks, and a patrol of Afghan and international forces killed more than 10 insurgents during a raid on a major narcotics laboratory...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The World War II-era plane that plummeted into an air-race crowd like a missile bore little resemblance to its original self. It was rebuilt for speed, if not for stability. The...