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Colorado River seen as depleting regional resource
The federal government isn't going to tap the Missouri River to slake the thirst of a drought-parched Southwest, the government's top water official ...
Iraq stays execution of man allegedly held at 16
Iraq has suspended the execution of a Yemeni prisoner whose family claims was 16 years old when he was taken into custody, an Iraqi official and human ...
Why efforts to stop factory fires have failed
About a year and a half before a fire at a clothing factory in Bangladesh killed 112 people in November, executives from Wal-Mart, Gap and other big ...
Sudan: Group says images show burned villages
A U.S. based advocacy group says that satellite images show 13 villages were intentionally burned in Sudan. The Satellite Sentinel Project said Friday ...
Ukraine fights spreading HIV epidemic
Andrei Mandrykin, an inmate at Prison No. 85 outside Kiev, has HIV. He looks ghostly and much older than his 35 years. But Mandrykin is better off ...
Federal prisons urged to grant more early releases
For humanitarian and economic reasons, the federal Bureau of Prisons should grant more early releases to incapacitated and terminally ill prisoners, ...
Security dominates EU talks in Central Asia
Security issues dominated talks between the European Union's top envoy and Central Asian diplomats Tuesday as the looming withdrawal of the ...
INFLUENCE GAME: Election over, campaign continues
The election may be over, but a new campaign is being waged in the nation's capital as lobbyists, advocates and trade groups fight to shape the ...
Group: US troops should actively hunt for Kony
The hunt for the African warlord Joseph Kony is hopeless without more troops, an advocacy group said Friday, urging American forces to "play a more ...
Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes
Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington ...
Aggressive ads keep abortion in campaign spotlight
Though Barack Obama and Mitt Romney rarely tackle the topic of abortion head-on, the void is being filled by rival advocacy groups targeting swing ...
Protests as Ireland's 1st abortion clinic opens
The first abortion clinic on the island of Ireland opened Thursday in downtown Belfast, unleashing angry protests on the street and uniting Catholic ...
AP Impact: Feds muff kid jewelry cadmium crackdown
Federal regulators failed to pursue recalls after they found cadmium-tainted jewelry on store shelves, despite their vow to keep the toxic trinkets ...
Batali's NYC eatery Del Posto settles with workers
Workers at celebrity chef Mario Batali's New York City eatery Del Posto have settled a lawsuit against the restaurant with an agreement that gives ...
DNC guests to party with donors, special interests
Democrats flocking to their national convention will spend this week hobnobbing in Charlotte, N.C., with lobbyists, special interest groups and ...
Israel making inroads in halting African migration
Just a few months ago, Israel was in the midst of a nationwide uproar over the tens of thousands of African migrants who have poured into the Jewish ...
SEAL who wrote bin Laden raid book identified
The Navy SEAL who wrote an account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden under a pseudonym was identified Thursday as Matt Bissonnette, who retired ...
Officials: Man criticized group before DC shooting
A Virginia man suspected of shooting and wounding a security guard at the Washington headquarters of a social conservative lobbying group on Wednesday ...
Vietnam's tiger farms are called trafficking hubs
Nineteen tigers prowl outdoor cages the size of dormitory rooms, nibbling frayed wire fences and roaring at a caretaker who taunts them with his ...
Legal ivory trade up for UN debate
A call to resume the legal ivory trade as a way to stop the recent rise in elephant poaching in Africa was expected to dominate debate at a U.N.
Push to ban gay marriage flagging in Iowa
Ever since gay couples began flocking to Iowa to marry three years ago, conservative Republicans have been looking forward to amassing enough ...
Exxon's CEO: Climate, energy fears overblown
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson says fears about climate change, drilling, and energy dependence are overblown. In a speech Wednesday, Tillerson ...
Pentagon holds gay pride event
In the course of a year, Marine Capt. M. Matthew Phelps says he went from being a gay man "in the closet," afraid of being discharged, to invitee at ...
University of Calif. faces mounting pension costs
The cost of pensions and retiree health benefits are soaring at the University of California, increasing pressure to raise tuition and cut academic ...
Pope to Irish: Child abuse by clergy 'a mystery'
Pope Benedict XVI told Irish Catholics on Sunday it is a mystery why priests and other church officials abused children entrusted in their care, ...