SAN DIEGO (AP):Mayor Bob Filner's announcement that he will undergo two weeks of full-time therapy defies leaders of his own political party who demanded he resign over allegations of sexual harassment.
CAIRO (AP):Security forces clashed with supporters of Egypt's ousted president early yesterday killing at least 65 protesters, the Health Ministry said, in the country's bloodiest incidence of violence since the military deposed Mohammed Morsi.
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP):The injured driver of the Spanish train that derailed at high speed, killing 78 and injuring dozens more, was released from the hospital yesterday.
PARACHINAR (AP):The death toll from a pair of overnight bombings at a busy market in a Shi'ite-dominated region of northwest Pakistan rose to 57, officials said yesterday.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP):In the thick of his historic visit to Brazil last week, Pope Francis urged young Catholics to make a "mess" in their dioceses and break out of their spiritual cages.
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP): OJ Simpson pleaded for leniency Thursday, telling a parole panel he deeply regretted the night he robbed two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP):The "slum pope" returned to the slum on Thursday as Pope Francis visited one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas, telling its residents that the wealthy must do more to end the "culture of selfishness" that...
CAIRO (AP):The Muslim Brotherhood's leader made an unusually harsh attack on Egypt's military chief on Thursday, saying his ouster of President Mohammed Morsi was worse than destroying the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine....
Kate applauded for not hiding new mommy tummy - NEW YORK (AP):As Kate and William showed off the royal baby, what caught the eye of many women was not the new heir to the throne but the Duchess of Cambridge's post-childbirth...
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP):A Spanish train that hurtled off the rails and smashed into a security wall as it rounded a bend, was going so fast that carriages tumbled off the tracks like dominos, killing 80 people, according...
WASHINGTON (AP):United States sanctions against any country offering asylum to Edward Snowden advanced in Congress on Wednesday as the 30-year-old National Security Agency leaker remained in a Moscow airport while Russia weighed a request for him to...
Court officials say one of the drivers of a train which derailed in north-western Spain killing at least 80 passengers has been put under formal investigation.
WASHINGTON (AP):Republican lawmakers are threatening to withhold salary representing less than one-sixteen thousandth of multimillionaire Secretary of State John Kerry's net worth.The House Appropriations Committee's measure demands Kerry's agency...
Gas well in Gulf of Mexico catches fire after blowoutNEW ORLEANS (AP):An out-of-control natural gas well off the Louisiana coast has caught fire, hours after a blowout that prompted the evacuation of 44 workers.Meanwhile, officials...
BEIJING (AP):A man who was told by officials they couldn't register his fourth child because he didn't pay a penalty for breaking China's family-planning laws stabbed to death two government workers and injured four others, state media and an official...
LONDON (AP): Royal officials say Britain's new prince has been named George Alexander Louis.
Palace officials said Wednesday that the two-day-old baby and third in line to the throne will be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge....
NEW YORK (AP): When a heckled, harried Anthony Weiner resigned from Congress and apologised for the explicit text messages that had destroyed his career, a key figure was notably absent: his then-pregnant wife, Huma Abedin.On Tuesday,...
Palace officials said Wednesday that the two-day-old baby and third-in-line to the throne will be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge.
