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  • Obama refocuses terror threat to pre-9/11 level
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror....
  • Anti-Muslim actions rise in UK over slain soldier
    LONDON (AP) -- Police, politicians and activists in Britain are warning of rising anti-Muslim sentiment following the slaughter of an off-duty British soldier in a London street, an apparent act of Islamic extremism that has horrified the nation....
  • French soldier stabbed in throat outside Paris
    PARIS (AP) -- A French soldier was stabbed in the throat in a busy commercial district outside Paris on Saturday, and the government said it was trying to determine if there were any links to the brutal killing of a British soldier by suspected Islamic extremists....
  • Protesters across globe rally against Monsanto
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Protesters rallied in dozens of cities Saturday as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces, organizers said....
  • Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse
    SEATTLE (AP) -- Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound....
  • Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse
    SEATTLE (AP) -- Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound....
  • Mo. highway buckles after rail cars hit overpass
    CHAFFEE, Mo. (AP) -- A highway overpass in southeast Missouri collapsed early Saturday when rail cars slammed into one of the bridge's pillars after a cargo train collision, authorities said. Seven people were injured, though none seriously....
  • San Antonio flooding kills 2; 200-plus rescued
    SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Authorities say flooding in San Antonio has killed at least two people, and they are searching for a third person who was swept away in a creek....
  • Tornado upon them, quick choices decided fate
    MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- They say you should never make a big decision when you're emotional. But what if there's barely a moment to think and a life-or-death choice looming?...
  • Ore. teen accused of planning to attack school
    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon teenager intended to blow up his school in a plot "forged and inspired by the model of the Columbine shootings" and he will be charged with attempted aggravated murder, a prosecutor said late Saturday....
  • Anti-Muslim actions rise in UK over slain soldier
    LONDON (AP) -- Police, politicians and activists in Britain are warning of rising anti-Muslim sentiment following the slaughter of an off-duty British soldier in a London street, an apparent act of Islamic extremism that has horrified the nation....
  • 2-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar
    YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence....
  • Hezbollah chief commits to victory in Syria
    BEIRUT (AP) -- The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's bloody civil war, warning that the fall of the Damascus regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark period."...
  • Kerry makes 1st official sub-Saharan Africa trip
    ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan....
  • Fragments of biblical treasure are up for sale
    JERUSALEM (AP) -- Parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls are up for sale - in tiny pieces....
  • Hagel: Cadets must stamp out sex assault scourge
    WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military....
  • Community outreach key to Obama counterterror plan
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Within hours of the Boston Marathon blasts, government officials and Boston Muslims called each other to offer assistance, calls that were the fruits of years of cultivating such relationships in an effort to ultimately prevent the very type of attack Boston experienced April 15....
  • Obama's speechwriter: from intern to top wordsmith
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- When President Barack Obama decided to attend a memorial service in Arizona for victims of a deadly mass shooting that severely injured then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, he needed a speech. And fast....
  • Key senators tightly control immigration debate
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- For all the soothing words she heard from fellow Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii never had a chance to win a relatively modest change to far-reaching immigration legislation....
  • Obama refocuses terror threat to pre-9/11 level
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror....
  • Summer travel forecast: Better, but no blowout
    NEW YORK (AP) -- This summer, high rollers are flying to lavish hot spots for their vacations. The rest of us are driving to less luxurious places like nearby campgrounds....
  • Protesters across globe rally against Monsanto
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Protesters rallied in dozens of cities Saturday as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces, organizers said....
  • Rebuilding rules as rain soaks Jersey shore
    MANASQUAN, N.J. (AP) -- Saws and sledgehammers joined beer and barbecues - under covered porches - as a fixture of the first Memorial Day weekend at the Jersey shore since Superstorm Sandy roared through....
  • Automaker Tesla takes fight to North Carolina
    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Tesla Motors is fighting a bill in North Carolina that would effectively ban the company from selling its electric cars in the state, pitting it against auto dealers who say the car maker has an unfair advantage selling directly to consumers online....
  • Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668,000
    BERLIN (AP) -- An auctioneer says one of Apple's first computers - a functioning 1976 model - has been sold for a record 516,000 euros ($668,000)....
  • Report: Yahoo, pay-TV operators among Hulu bidders
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Online video site Hulu is again up for sale, with Yahoo and pay TV operators DirecTV and Time Warner Cable among the seven bidders, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter....
  • Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668,000
    BERLIN (AP) -- An auctioneer says one of Apple's first computers - a functioning 1976 model - has been sold for a record 516,000 euros ($668,000)....
  • LA stoplights synchronized but road war endures
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It seems that the impossible has occurred: The nation's most congested city has become a model for traffic control....
  • Netflix looks to hook subscribers with 'Arrested'
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Netflix is hoping this weekend's release of the resurrected TV series "Arrested Development" will draw more subscribers to its Internet video service....
  • Girl's suicide after alleged attack troubles town
    SARATOGA, Calif. (AP) -- One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home alongside other teenagers. She'd told her parents she was spending the night with a friend. The friend claimed she was sleeping at Audrie's. Instead, the girls were having a party. A classic teenage ploy....
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