Ten people were killed and 18 injured in clashes between \"criminal gangs\" in a southwestern Mexican town, Mexico\'s federal government said Saturday.

A car explosion killed one person and injured two others Saturday in central Stockholm, Swedish police said.

More than 1,200 mourners, including hundreds who loved and admired Elizabeth Edwards from a distance, packed a Raleigh church Saturday to pay respects to the activist and estranged wife of a failed aspirant to the presidency.

U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke was in critical condition at George Washington University Hospital on Saturday after undergoing surgery to repair a tear in his aorta, a State Department spokesman said.

NEW YORK (AP) - Auburn quarterback Cam Newton has won the Heisman Trophy after a season in which he played brilliantly but was also the focus of an NCAA investigation.Newton won in..

Two members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad were killed and an Israeli soldier was wounded in a clash Saturday in Gaza, Palestinian and Israeli officials said.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama calls critically ill diplomat Richard Holbrooke "a towering figure in American foreign policy" and says he is praying for his recovery.Holb..

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A powerful snowstorm is burying parts of the upper Midwest in as much as 20 inches of snow.      Authorities have closed roads across fi..

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Family, friends and celebrities have paid last respects today to Elizabeth Edwards.      The 61-year-old Edwards was praised in eulogi..

Mark Madoff, the son of convicted Ponzi-schemer Bernard Madoff (pictured above), apparently killed himself while his wife was out of town and his 2-year-old son was asleep in a nearby bedroom, New York police said.

Pro-free-speech rallies are scheduled in several international cities Saturday to protest the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is being held in a prison on the outskirts of London on suspicion of sex crimes unrelated to his controversial website.

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) - The owners of the former aviation division once run by security contractor Blackwater plan to move operations from North Carolina to Florida. The Daily ..

Delegates at the United Nations climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico, approved an agreement early Saturday morning, despite objections from Bolivia.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrived in Haiti on Saturday as part of a humanitarian delegation led by evangelist Franklin Graham and his relief organization Samaritan\'s Purse.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has arrived in Haiti, an impoverished nation struggling to overcome post-election violence and a cholera epidemic. Palin..

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Two explosions shook central Stockholm on Saturday, killing one person and injuring two, rescue officials said. Police spokeswoman Petra Sjolander said a car explo..

NEW YORK (AP) - The eldest son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff hanged himself by a dog leash in his apartment Saturday after two years of "unrelenting pressure" following his..

PERUGIA, Italy (AP) - Convicted murderer Amanda Knox broke into tears Saturday as she made an emotional address to an appeals court in Italy, saying she was the innocent victim of ..

The head of a West African group of nations rejects the idea of power-sharing talks in the aftermath of the disputed Ivory Coast election, its president said Saturday.

A top drug lord has been gunned down in Mexico after two days of shootouts between armed forces and members of a criminal organization, a national security spokesman said Friday.