LONDON — A group of British lawmakers proposed new laws Thursday to ban the use of airports, harbors or highways in the secret rendition of suspected terrorists, while a human rights group urged the government to stop detaining terror suspects witho...

MOSCOW — Russian investigators announced Thursday the arrests of two suspects in the killings of a human rights lawyer and a journalist who were shot in central Moscow in January....

NEW YORK — A drop in unemployment claims and an upbeat forecast from Cisco Systems Inc. gave investors a jolt of confidence a day before a key government report on jobs....

MADISON, Wis. — Pushing for a link between student test scores and teacher pay, President Barack Obama on Wednesday dangled $5 billion in federal grants to states willing to undertake a top-to-bottom overhaul of their schools in support of White Hou...

BARCELONA, Spain — Negotiators at a U.N. climate conference in Spain further defined plans for reducing greenhouse emissions and continued work on a draft climate change treaty, with next month’s deadline for a legal document increasingly in d...

Officials expect health care bill to advance in House this week ...

PHILADELPHIA — Even in the best of times, waking up to a surprise transit strike is like a bad dream come true. When the sudden walkout comes during an economic downturn, it becomes more like a nightmare....

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea claimed Tuesday that it has successfully weaponized more plutonium for atomic bombs, a day after warning Washington to agree quickly to direct talks or face the prospect of a growing North Korean nuclear arsenal....

MARRAKECH, Morocco — Trying to mute Arab criticism that the Obama administration had retreated from its tough stance on Israeli settlements, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton softened her praise for Israel’s offer to restrain new ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Bolstered by out-of-state money and volunteers, both sides jockeyed Monday to boost turnout for Maine’s referendum on same-sex marriage — a contest that could give gay-rights activists in the U.S. their first such victo...

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s neighbors will hold a summit this week to try to break an impasse that threatens the southern African nation’s unity government, a spokesman for Zimbabwe’s prime minister said Monday....

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Grim news hit this university town in late October just two days before a PTA forum on teenage stress: Another Palo Alto teen had died after stepping in front of a commuter train, the fourth such suicide in less than six months....

DELA, Kenya — When 64-year-old Jimale Irobe was a young man, he guided his herds of cows and camels through knee-high grass....

LOS ANGELES — A gunman shot and wounded two men in the parking garage of a North Hollywood synagogue Thursday, frightening worshippers who heard gunshots and screams before the bleeding victims stumbled in during morning services....

PEORIA, Ill. — An al-Qaida sleeper agent who admitted having contact with the alleged mastermind behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was sentenced to more than eight years in prison Thursday....

WASHINGTON — Construction can finally begin on the long-delayed Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial slated for the National Mall after the National Park Service issued building permits Thursday for the project....

A new treatment for swine flu may already be on pharmacy shelves — cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Lipitor and Zocor....

Although budget cuts are taking place across campus in almost every department, the setbacks at UT have not led to any legal conflicts....

WASHINGTON — The Great Recession may be over, but the recovery is just beginning — and it’s doesn’t promise to be much easier....

UNITED NATIONS — Cuba is willing to hold talks with the United States on any level, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Wednesday in conciliatory remarks aimed at the Obama administration....