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Lebanese army tries to force gunmen from streets
Lebanese soldiers in armored vehicles fanned out across the country on Monday to break down civilian roadblocks and chase gunmen off the streets as ...
'Little czar' in Ohio school drug ring gets prison
A teenager convicted of selling up to $20,000 worth of high-grade marijuana a month to high school students in southwestern Ohio was sentenced Monday ...
Parents considering legal action over school yoga
A group of parents is bent out of shape by free yoga classes at schools in this San Diego County beachside community, fearing they are indoctrinating ...
Afghan police say man killed wife for wanting job
A man in a western Afghan city has confessed to stabbing his wife to death to prevent her from taking a job outside the home, police said Monday.
Obama immigration stance locks in Hispanic support
Elizabeth Alvisar is exactly the sort of voter Mitt Romney needs. A victim of the brutal economy in this swing state, the 30-year-old tax preparer has ...
SAfrican photographer who depicted apartheid dies
Alfred Kumalo, a South African photographer whose work chronicled the brutalities of apartheid and the rise of Nelson Mandela, died of renal failure ...
In race to 270, it may come down to 106 counties
How Virginia goes in the presidential election may come down to voters who live amid the small wineries, affluent subdivisions and Civil War ...
Obama trying to hold off Romney with women voters
President Barack Obama has been wearing a pink wristband in recognition of breast cancer awareness month and his challenger, Mitt Romney, donned a ...
McGovern's political career only part of legacy
George McGovern never slowed down, never stopped working — not even after losing the 1972 presidential race in a historic landslide that would have ...
George McGovern dies; lost 1972 presidential bid
George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way — and that he had done so. It was a campaign in 1972 dishonored ...
NJ mom: I didn't slap boy who bullied my daughter
A woman who says her 9-year-old daughter was bullied said Sunday that she took matters into her own hands when she confronted one of her daughter's ...
Soldiers' arrest marks shift in Guatemala
Chanting and waving signs to protest high electricity prices, thousands of unarmed indigenous demonstrators blockaded a highway in western Guatemala, ...
Uruguayan way: legal abortion and marijuana sales
Uruguayans used to call their country the Switzerland of Latin America, but its faded grey capital seems a bit more like Amsterdam now that its ...
Qatar's emir to head to Hamas-ruled Gaza
The ruler of Qatar is expected in the Gaza Strip this week, in what would be a major stamp of legitimacy for the territory's Islamic militant Hamas ...
WHY IT MATTERS: Race
The issue: The nation's complexion is rapidly changing. A more racially and ethnically diverse population is rising so that, perhaps within three ...
Clintons remember McGovern for anti-hunger efforts
Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, say they are saddened by the passing of former presidential ...
Judge stays execution of mentally ill mass killer
A federal judge on Saturday granted a stay of execution for a convicted mass killer in Florida, who is mentally ill and was scheduled to be put to ...
Rights group: Yemen security forces raid hospitals
Yemeni security forces have raided hospitals in Aden in search of suspected militants, threatening health care in the southern port city, an ...
Syria has long, tumultuous history in Lebanon
Syria has a long and tumultuous history of meddling into Lebanese affairs. For much of the past 30 years, the seven-times-smaller Lebanon has lived ...
France 24 TV: Cairo reporter 'savagely attacked'
A correspondent for France 24 TV was "savagely attacked" near Cairo's Tahrir Square after being seized by a crowd, the network said Saturday. It was ...
Tactics set, Obama, Romney hurtle toward finish
With one debate and one jobs report to go, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are hurtling towards Election Day in a virtual deadlock, ...
Women describe circumstances that led to abortion
They say they were using birth control, but it failed. One woman would have had the baby but the man she was in a relationship with didn't want her to
Dozens of states make it hard to get abortions
It's legal to get an abortion in America, but in many places it is hard and getting harder. Just this year, 17 states set new limits on abortion; 24 ...
Bombs in market, shootings kill 17 in Iraq
Back-to-back bomb blasts in a crowded Baghdad market near a revered Shiite shrine and a string of shootings targeting government officials killed at ...
Unions shift political might to state, local races
Unions are shifting more of their political resources to state and local races this year as they try to head off passage of laws that could undermine ...