Nation/World

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's artillery shelling near a South Korean warship patrolling disputed waters was likely a warning, not an attack ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an overwhelming vote, the House moved the U.S. closer to ending the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phon...

KACHINA VILLAGE, Ariz. (AP) — A wildfire that started in a scenic canyon snaked toward Flagstaff on Thursday, prompting residents of outlying areas to...

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal forecasters are expected to predict a slower than usual hurricane season this year. Experts from the National Oceanic and Atmo...

HOUSTON (AP) — They grow everything bigger in Texas, even the cities. Three of the nation's five fastest-growing cities — and seven of the top 15 — ar...

BLAHODATNE, Ukraine (AP) — Three days before Ukraine holds a key presidential vote, pro-Russia insurgents attacked a military checkpoint Thursday in e...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korean warships exchanged artillery fire Thursday in disputed waters off the western coast, South Korean mil...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits jumped last week, but remained at a low level that suggests hiring should ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana on Wednesday joined 28 other states with legal battles over gay marriage, while same-sex couples in Pennsylvania spent th...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Residents of southern Oregon's agriculture-heavy Rogue Valley have voted to ban genetically modified crops from the area, settin...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Passengers love the idea, but airlines hate it. The government wants to require that travelers be told upfront about basic services ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With outrage mounting over veterans' health care, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that allegations of misconduct at VA hos...

SHANGHAI (AP) — China signed a landmark $400 billion deal Wednesday to buy natural gas from Russia, binding Moscow more closely to Beijing at a time w...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A woman who disappeared as a teenager a decade ago was reunited with her family after she went to police and told them her mo...

CAIRO (AP) — A Cairo court on Wednesday convicted ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of embezzlement, sentencing him to three years in prison. Th...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Here is a look at recent major attacks attributed to Nigeria's Islamic extremists, Boko Haram, who have killed more than 2,000 p...

SHANGHAI (AP) — China signed a landmark deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth about $400 billion, giving a boost to diplomatically isolated ...

CANNES, France (AP) — Years ago at a film festival, Jessica Chastain saw a short by Ned Benson and chased him down to say she wanted to work with him....