Dutch lesbians raising Turkish boy go into hiding
A Dutch lesbian couple have gone into hiding with their foster son after the boy's biological parents said on television in Turkey that they object ...

Global warming may have fueled Somali drought
Global warming may have contributed to low rain levels in Somalia in 2011 where tens of thousands died in a famine, research by British climate ...

Fla. gambling arrests may close veterans shelter
A former Army cook who fell on hard times, Debbie Bowman has been living at the Allied Veterans Center, a shelter for homeless veterans, since August.
Social workers visited home before hatchet killing
Child welfare workers investigated reports of violence and drug use at the Sacramento home where authorities say a 9-year-old boy was allegedly killed ...

New pope tied up in Argentina's 'dirty war' debate
It's beyond dispute that Jorge Mario Bergoglio, like most other Argentines, failed to openly confront the 1976-1983 military junta as it kidnapped and ...

New pope's views bind simplicity with 'complexity'
At gatherings of Latin American bishops, then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was often a star speaker about economic inequities in a profit-driven world.

Stories from NJ homeless camp going before judge
One is a nurse with three college degrees who says she was hit by a car and disabled. Another says he was born with brain damage and has bipolar ...

UN: Syria refugee numbers jump 10 percent in week
The U.N. said Thursday that the number of registered Syrian refugees jumped 10 percent in the past week alone, part of what the U.N. commissioner for ...

Pope Francis: Simple image, complex past
On the streets in Buenos Aires, the stories about the cardinal who would become the first pope from the Americas often include a very ordinary ...

Rape defendant's death casts shadow on model jail
India's Tihar Jail is a land of bakeries and carpentry shops, where inmates compete in music contests, take classes and perform intensive Buddhist ...

POPE LIVE: Around the world as a new pope emerges
"Pope Live" follows the choice of the new pope as seen by journalists from The Associated Press around the world. It will be updated throughout the ...

New pope is 1st Francis, saint of peace, poverty
In choosing a name no other pope had ever taken, Pope Francis could be signaling that he sees the need for change in the Roman Catholic church.
Egypt's Brotherhood blasts UN women's document
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood sharply criticized an anticipated U.N. document on combatting violence against women, saying on Wednesday that it was ...

Diverse high court families mirror country
With their Ivy League pedigrees and East Coast addresses, Supreme Court justices often are rightly described as unrepresentative of the nation.

Insurers warn of overhaul-induced sticker shock
Some Americans could see their insurance bills double next year as the health care overhaul law expands coverage to millions of people. The nation's ...

UK Prince Charles sees Syrian refugees in Jordan
Britain's Prince Charles and his wife on Wednesday heard tales of hardship from Syrian refugees in Jordan and saw the difficult conditions for ...

Syria's war affects generation of children
Mohammed works at a Beirut supermarket where he waits on customers and carries their groceries home for a small tip that the 14-year-old saves to send ...

RI city wins $5M Bloomberg prize with word gap fix
Rhode Island's capital city has won a $5 million contest created by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg with a high-tech plan to overcome a language ...

Britain's Prince Charles, Camilla touring Jordan
Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, have started a tour of the region aimed at examining the plight of Syrian ...

Body of dead Indian rape defendant given to family
The body of a man who died in a New Delhi jail while in the midst of a high-profile rape trial was released to his family Tuesday after a post-mortem ...

Police: Delhi gang rape suspect kills self in jail
Police said a man on trial for the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his ...

Jeb Bush: Political reporters are 'crack addicts'
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Sunday likened political reporters to "crack addicts" and "heroin addicts" during a tour of morning talk shows that ...
UN refugee chief sees increase in Syrian refugees
The U.N. chief for refugees says the number of refugees from Syria could increase by "two or three times" the present level by the end of the year if ...

South Africa: Mandela in hospital for tests
Nelson Mandela, the former South African president and anti-apartheid leader, was admitted to a hospital on Saturday for a scheduled medical check-up ...

Desperate, some fleeing Syria turn to prostitution
Walk among the plastic tents in one corner of this sprawling, dust-swept desert camp packed with Syrian refugees, and a young woman in a white ...