An animal-rights group has released a video
showing what it says is the abuse of elephants and tigers used in
Ringling Bros. circuses.

An American has been charged with receiving
training from al-Qaida and providing the terrorist organization
with information about the New York City transit system.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke arrived back Wednesday on Capitol Hill, where he’s likely to face more tough questions about the central bank’s extraordinary actions to rescue the economy and its ability to take on even more responsibility.

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine says missing mental health records for Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho have been found.

The Israeli government will remove references
to what Palestinians call the “catastrophe” of Israel’s creation
from textbooks for Arab schoolchildren, the education minister said
Wednesday.

Days before Gov. Sarah Palin is scheduled to leave office, an independent investigator found evidence she may have violated ethics laws by trading on her position as she sought money for lawyer fees.

Prosecutors dropped a disorderly conduct charge
Tuesday against prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., who
was arrested at his home near Harvard University after a report of
a break-in.

A father was frantically calling 911 to
report his missing newborn when he spotted the baby, bleeding from
the mouth and clutched in the mouth of a family dog who had carried
him from his crib to the heavily wooded backyard.

Police detained 17 suspects believed
involved in a series of deadly ambushes at the world’s largest gold
mine, an official said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON - Republicans on Tuesday won a one-week delay in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s debate and vote on the Supreme Court nomination of New York federal appellate Judge Sonia Sotomayor.