
Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell are still friends
Rory McIlroy has dispelled any split in his relationship with longtime friend Graeme McDowell. McDowell confirmed that McIlroy will be leaving ...
French president signs gay marriage into law
France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption ...

AP source: McIlroy to set up own management group
Two-time major champion Rory McIlroy is leaving Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management to set up his own management group. A person with knowledge of ...
Portugal expands adoption rights for gay couples
Portugal's Parliament has passed a law allowing same-sex married couples to adopt their partners' children, but lawmakers rejected legislation ...

Julianne Moore: 'bad Mom' role is her antithesis
Julianne Moore sometimes identifies with the characters she plays but when it came to playing a bad mother in "What Maisie Knew," she couldn't relate.

Russia had elder Boston suspect under surveillance
Russian agents placed the elder Boston bombing suspect under surveillance during a six-month visit to southern Russia last year, then scrambled to ...
Russia mulls foreign same-sex couple adoption ban
The head of a Russian parliamentary committee says the legislature is ready to prevent adoptions by foreign same-sex couples. In the wake of France's ...

Bomb suspect influenced by mysterious radical
In the years before the Boston Marathon bombings, Tamerlan Tsarnaev fell under the influence of a new friend, a Muslim convert who steered the ...

Sisters of Boston bombing suspects express sorrow
The sisters of the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects said Tuesday they were saddened by the violent actions that hurt so many people. In a ...

French protest against gay marriage turns violent
France legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation's heartland and triggered huge ...

Uncle says older bombing suspect 'used' brother
Tamerlan Tsarnaev ranted at a neighbor about Islam and the United States. His younger brother, Dzhokhar, relished debating people on religion, "then ...

The stories of 2 brothers suspected in bombing
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was an amateur boxer with muscular arms and enough brio to arrive at a sparring session without protective gear. His younger brother ...

Manhunt in Boston after bombing suspect is killed
Thousands of officers with rifles and armored vehicles swarmed the streets in and around Boston on Friday, hunting for a 19-year-old college student ...

NZealand is 13th country to legalize gay marriage
Hundreds of jubilant gay-rights advocates celebrated at New Zealand's Parliament as the country became the 13th in the world and the first in the ...

French Senate passes gay marriage bill
The French Senate voted Friday to legalize same-sex marriage in France, putting a landmark bill on track to become law by summer. The vote in the ...

Princess Alexandra? UK royal baby name bets surge
Queen Debbie doesn't quite have the right ring to it. King Bob just sounds wrong. Naming a baby is no easy business, but much more is at stake when ...
Correction: Israel-Struggling Sect story
In a story March 17 about eastern European brides joining the Holy Land's dwindling Samaritan community, The Associated Press misspelled the name of ...

Republicans debate message, battle bad messengers
National Republican leaders made waves recently with a dim view of the party's future if it fails to expand its core support beyond white males and ...

UK couple face jail for killing 6 children in fire
Mick Philpott presented himself as an amiable rascal with an unorthodox lifestyle and a rambunctious brood of children — 17 in all, with five women.

Pope refers to "Muslim brothers" on Good Friday
Pope Francis reached out in friendship to "so many Muslim brothers and sisters" during a Good Friday procession dedicated to the suffering of ...

Pope prays at Good Friday rite recalling Mideast
Pope Francis praised the "friendship of so many Muslim brothers" during the Good Friday procession that re-enacts Jesus Christ's crucifixion and this ...