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Reporting from Washington -- President Obama today condemned the ongoing government crackdown on Iranian demonstrators, using his strongest language yet, but declined to spell out consequences for the violence, saying there is still time for officials in that country to ...Read More

HILLSBORO, Ore.—A gunman fatally wounded a passenger in another vehicle at an Oregon intersection Saturday, setting off a police chase that ended when the suspect crashed and was killed by officers, authorities said. The passenger, 56-year-old Danny K. Le Gore of ...Read More

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has sought to calm an angry and defeated Egypt following the nation's dramatic soccer loss to Algeria, which has led to riots in the streets and a nasty international political row between the two North African ...Read More

KABUL—Khalid Khan stares through the dusty window pane, down across the rooftops of the capital, and wonders if they really know where he lives. Once on the front lines of the international effort to rebuild Afghanistan, the black-bearded contractor now sits ...Read More

PERUGIA, Italy (AP) — Prosecutors on Saturday were expected to request life in prison for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy. Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are charged with murder and ...Read More

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines issued on Friday that aim to reduce the risk of unnecessary ...Read More

The UN children's agency says one billion children around the world are still deprived of food, shelter, clean water and healthcare 20 years after the adoption of a treaty guaranteeing children's rights. Hundreds of millions more children are constantly threatened by ...Read More

SAO PAULO (AP) - Fresh from an appearance on one of Brazil's most popular TV shows, the young woman whose short, pink dress got her kicked out of college is enjoying her newfound fame, yet has her eye on getting ...Read More

Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi vetoed a law crucial to the poll The general elections planned for January in Iraq have been thrown into doubt by the vetoing of a long-delayed election law by the country's Sunni Vice-President, Tariq al-Hashemi, and ...Read More

Reporting from Baghdad - One of Iraq's vice presidents vetoed the country's new election law today, throwing into fresh doubt the feasibility of holding crucial national elections in January and possibly disrupting the withdrawal next year of U.S. troops. Vice President ...Read More

(CNN) -- A woman accused of helping kidnap Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart from her bed in 2002 apologized to the young woman Tuesday as she pleaded guilty to federal charges. "I'm greatly humbled as I realize how much Elizabeth Smart has ...Read More

RICHMOND, Calif.—Not far from the pulsating music and dancing of the high school homecoming, young men were drinking in a dimly-lit courtyard out of sight of chaperones. A friend invited a 16-year-old girl to join them, and she started drinking hard ...Read More

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's chief of staff has warned Saudi Arabia over its military offensive against Shiite Yemeni rebels, saying it signals the start of "state terrorism" and endangers the entire region. The official IRNA news agency Tuesday also quoted ...Read More

Police were tonight questioning six men after a young woman was found with severe head injuries and her hand severed in a suburban street in west London. She was taken to hospital but died from her injuries. Friends identified the victim ...Read More

KIEL, Wis. — When Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger joined the U.S. Army Reserves after the 2001 terrorist attacks, she vowed to hunt down Osama bin Laden. When her mother said she couldn't do it alone, the soldier defiantly told her, ...Read More

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was arrested on Wednesday after a scuffle with a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport, police said. No further details were immediately available. Tyson, whose nickname was "Iron Mike" during his 1980s ...Read More

ISLAMABAD -- A suicide car bomb tore through a fruit market in northwestern Pakistan Tuesday, killing more than 20 people in the latest in a series attacks that appear aimed at avenging an army offensive against the Taliban. The attacks have ...Read More

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama dedicated his weekly radio address Saturday to the shooting that occurred at the Fort Hood military base this week. Mr. Obama said he will be tracking the investigation into how suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, ...Read More

Chris Brown opened up about his assault on former girlfriend Rihanna during the MTV News special "Chris Brown: The Interview" on Friday (November 6), elaborating on his destructive behavior, explaining his previous apologies and describing his ongoing therapy sessions. Brown told ...Read More

In Rihanna's first sit-down since Chris Brown assaulted her in February, the pop star explained to Diane Sawyer what happened the night that the attack took place, confirming the rumor that it all began over an argument about a text ...Read More

Pataskala police are investigating the deaths of three people in a home on HavensCorners Road. Chief Chris Forshey said police got a call at about 8:30 a.m. from William D. Beer, ofWesterville, a business partner of John R. Eckard II, 46. Beer ...Read More