NEW YORK - A white police officer was disciplined for acting "in a discourteous manner" when he confronted a black motorist who turned out to be one of the highest-ranking commanders in the New York C...

KABUL, Afghanistan - Dozens of protesters blocked a road Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, claiming U.S.-led coalition forces killed three civilians, and a local official said police fatally shot one o...

MEXICO CITY - Gunmen killed the son of one of Mexico's reputedly most-powerful drug lords in the northern city of Culiacan, a government official said Saturday. The death of Edgar Guzman, son of su...

INDIANAPOLIS - Three-week-old Kevin fussed in mother Melissa Lankey's arms until she started singing softly to him, "Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so." The newborn began dozin...

NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors in the United States are investigating Rev. Al Sharpton over his taxes. Government records obtained by The Associated Press indicate the civil-rights leader and his b...

BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka - Allegations of fraud, voter intimidation and sporadic violence marred elections in Sri Lanka's east Saturday despite the government's claims they would be a celebration of demo...

PRETORIA, South Africa - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Saturday that he will return to his homeland despite threats to his life, to take part in a run-off against President Rober...

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama has overtaken Hillary Rodham Clinton in superdelegate endorsements for the first time. Obama picked up four superdelegate endorsements, including two from the Virgin Islan...

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. - An Ohio woman is recovering after a pelican slammed into her face while she was swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. Debbie Shoemaker of Toledo, Ohio, was swimming Thursday near ...

BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia is haunted anew by the ghost of Slobodan Milosevic. Eight years after the late Serbian strongman was toppled in a popular revolt, and a little more than two years after hi...