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Iran's Ahmadinejad ridicules expense of US vote
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ridiculed the expense of the U.S. election, mocking it as a "battleground for capitalists" while speaking at a ...
Calif. city plans to provide transgender surgeries
San Francisco is preparing to become the first U.S. city to provide and cover the cost of sex reassignment surgeries for uninsured transgender ...
Evaluation: Calif. plant shooting suspect unstable
Employees at a California chicken-processing plant returned to work Thursday as new information surfaced about the psychological history of the ...
Weekly US jobless claims fall to 355K last week
The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week by 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 355,000, a possible sign of a healing job market.
Obama's big Hispanic win worries Republicans
Omayra Vasquez blinks and does a double take when asked why she voted to re-elect President Barack Obama. The reason for her was as natural as ...
Election won't end abortion/contraception debate
Democrats and liberal advocacy groups have declared victory in what they called a Republican "war on women" and are celebrating the pivotal defeats ...
Next archbishop of Canterbury announcement Friday
The next archbishop of Canterbury will be officially introduced Friday, the British government says, and the expectation is that the new leader of the ...
ND voters add farmer protection to constitution
Voters in heavily agriculture-dependent North Dakota became the first to enshrine the right to farm in their state constitution, a move that some say ...
EU workers strike over possible budget cuts
If an unprecedented debt crisis has been battering the European Union for over three years, isn't it time that EU employees take a sizeable pay cut ...
US man jailed for Thai insult says law must change
A Thai-born American who spent more than a year in prison on charges of insulting Thailand's king says the country's harsh laws outlawing criticism ...
Malawi lauded on anti-gay law moratorium
Going against a trend in Africa, Malawi's government is moving to suspend laws against homosexuality and has ordered police not to arrest people for ...
Malaysia firm says high-tech farms can help poor
For one Malaysian widow, moving to this experimental farming village represented hope for a brighter future for her seven children. Her new neighbor, ...
New Faces: Newly elected US senators
A look at the newly elected U.S. senators from Tuesday's election: ARIZONA Republican Jeff Flake, the congressman who won Arizona's open U.S.
Pakistan's minority Hindus feel under attack
They came after dusk and chanted into the night sky "Kill the Hindus, kill the children of the Hindus," as they smashed religious icons, ripped golden ...
Scientology makes few waves in Israel
The Church of Scientology has apparently found one place where its presence doesn't set off alarms, protests and demonstrations, and that place is one ...
Former Texas coach Royal dies at age 88
A son of Depression-era Oklahoma, Darrell Royal came to Texas to take over a sleeping giant of a football program. Over 20 years, his folksy approach ...
Pot votes in 2 states challenge US drug war
First came marijuana as medicine. Now comes legal pot for the people. Those who have argued for decades that legalizing and taxing weed would be ...
Obama victory a relief for Latin American left
From Caracas to Havana to La Paz, President Barack Obama's re-election victory was welcomed with a sigh of relief by many on Latin America's left, ...
Re-elected, Obama heads back to divided government
One day after a bruising, mixed-verdict election, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner both pledged Wednesday to seek a ...
GOP asks "why?" and "where do we go from here?"
Having lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections, Republicans plunged Wednesday into an intense period of self-examination, ...
Mom of 'Modern Family' teen star accused of abuse
The mother of "Modern Family" star Ariel Winter has temporarily lost custody of the actress amid claims she's been physically and emotionally abusive ...
Long lines, confusion reveal flaws in US elections
Even as President Barack Obama was about to give his victory speech early Wednesday, dozens of Florida voters waited in line waiting to cast ballots ...
What do voters think? A peek beyond the ballot
Want to know what American voters really think? Most say the wealthy get unfair breaks. They're tepid toward the tea party, divided about gay marriage
LA County voters mandate condom use on porn sets
Los Angeles County voters have approved a measure requiring porn performers to wear condoms while filming sex scenes, prompting a pledge by the adult ...
Britain: Obama victory an opportunity for Syria
Britain called on the U.S. and other allies Wednesday to do more to shape the Syrian opposition into a coherent force, saying the re-election of ...