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Florida executes ex-cop for killing 9 in 1986
A former police officer who murdered nine people during a 1986 crime spree was executed Tuesday after his attorneys' last-minute appeals were rejected
Parents fight for release of son jailed in Mexico
A South Florida family is fighting to get their son, a Marine veteran, released from a prison in a dangerous area in Mexico while facing charges that ...
Mali's PM forced to resign, after arrest by junta
Soldiers arrested Mali's prime minister and forced him to resign before dawn on Tuesday, showing that the military remains the real power in this ...
Cowboys' Brent attends memorial with team support
Jason Garrett gave the Dallas Cowboys a day off after his players somehow pulled off a win in Cincinnati while reeling from a one-car accident that ...
DA investigating Texas' troubled $3B cancer agency
Turmoil surrounding an unprecedented $3 billion cancer-fighting effort in Texas worsened Tuesday when its executive director offered his resignation ...
Cayman Islands leader arrested in corruption case
The leader of the Cayman Islands' government was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of theft, abuse of office and breach of trust in the famed Caribbean ...
Ruby, key witness in Berlusconi trial, in Mexico
The Moroccan woman at the center of ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi's pay-for-sex trial has turned up in Mexico after missing a court date and becoming ...
Somali woman gets prison for terror support
A Somali-born woman has been sentenced in San Diego to eight years in prison for routing money to a terrorist organization in her native country. U.S.
US defends $1.9B deal with British banking giant
American authorities on Tuesday cited "astonishing" dysfunction at the British bank HSBC and said that it had helped Mexican drug traffickers, Iran, ...
2 Ala. men arrested on federal terrorism charges
Two Alabama men who federal investigators say wanted to wage violent jihad overseas have been arrested in Georgia on terrorism charges, and one has ...
Soldier's case dominated by testimony on suicide
In a military hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning that has unfolded over the past two weeks, the reams of classified documents he is accused of leaking ...
AP Exclusive: ACLU seeks OAS probe of Padilla case
A civil liberties group asked the Organization of American States' human rights commission Tuesday to investigate the U.S. government for what it says ...
Cyprus court orders retrial regarding plane crash
Cyprus' Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for four former airline officials who had been acquitted of manslaughter and other charges for ...
Taliban popular where US fought biggest battle
Nearly three years after U.S.-led forces launched the biggest operation of the war to clear insurgents, foster economic growth and set a model for the ...
Mexico tests DNA from Jenni Rivera plane crash
Mexican authorities were performing DNA tests Tuesday on remains believed to belong to Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera and six other ...
Trayvon Martin shooter to stay on 24-hour monitor
George Zimmerman must remain under 24-hour GPS monitoring while awaiting trial in the fatal shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin and must stay ...
HSBC to pay $1.9B to settle money-laundering case
British bank HSBC has agreed to pay $1.9 billion to settle a New York based-probe in connection with the laundering of money from narcotics ...
NY's top court: NYC gang member not a terrorist
Street gangsters who commit assaults and killings are not terrorists under the statute enacted after hijackers crashed jets into the World Trade ...
Ex-policeman faces trial in Politkovskaya's murder
The son of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya on Tuesday criticized the authorities' deal with a former police officer accused of involvement in ...
Govt outlines HSBC ties to drug money laundering
British bank HSBC violated the Bank Secrecy Act in connection with the laundering of money from narcotics drug traffickers in Mexico and intentionally ...
APNewsBreak: Explo faced scrutiny before La. scare
The explosives recycling company that caused the evacuation of a Louisiana town has come under scrutiny for explosions and its handling of dangerous ...
US: Afghans resisting efforts to track cash exodus
A U.S. watchdog agency said Tuesday that Afghan officials were resisting U.S. efforts to help track billions of dollars being flown out of Kabul ...
Kazakh border guard convicted of killing comrades
The crime was grisly, the trial was bizarre and the defendant's confession was widely doubted — but border guard Vladislav Chelakh was convicted ...
UK authorities arrest 3 in LIBOR rate probe
British police arrested three people Tuesday as part of their investigation into the manipulation of a key benchmark interest rate — the first British ...
Iran arrests 28 over links to religious networks
Tehran's chief prosecutor says authorities have arrested 28 Iranians for alleged links to foreign-based TV networks advocating the Baha'i religion, ...