Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed the passage of a wide-ranging package of constitutional amendments as a \"milestone for democracy\" after voters approved the measures in a referendum.

Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner was recovering Sunday after surgery on his heart, the country\'s state-run news service reported.

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republican leader John Boehner says he would vote to extend middle-class tax cuts if that's his only choice.      President Barack ..

SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) - In San Bruno, Calif., at the scene of a big gas explosion, most evacuated residents who still have homes to go back to are being allowed to return today. T..

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people in the U.S. who are in poverty is on track for a record increase on President Barack Obama's watch, with the ranks of working-age poor approa..

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - The Denver Post is reporting that authorities are investigating whether a fire pit sparked a devastating 10-square-mile wildfire near Boulder.The Post reports..

Some 70,000 people have been left homeless by flooding in the central African nation of Chad, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Sunday.

The miners trapped for more than a month in Chile are getting a light in more ways than one, with officials granting the miners a power line and their longstanding request for cigarettes.

As Tropical Storm Igor spins across the Atlantic Ocean, forecasters say the the storm will probably strengthen and become a hurricane later Saturday.

Rafael Nadal eased into his first US Open final on Saturday with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 win over Russian Mikhail Youzhny.

Belgian defending champion and second seed Kim Clijsters overpowered seventh seed Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-1 to win the women\'s singles final at the U.S. Open.

A massive manhunt is under way in northern Mexico as authorities search for 85 inmates who escaped from a prison in the border city of Reynosa, state media reported.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Coast Guard official says the 300-ton device that failed to stop the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill after a rig exploded has arrived at a NASA facility in Lo..

JACKSON, Ky. (AP) - A relative of two people killed in an eastern Kentucky rampage says the shootings happened after an argument between the gunman and his wife over how she cooked..

SALINA, N.Y. (AP) - A bus accident in a suburb of Syracuse, N.Y., has left four people dead and two dozen injured.Authorities say the double-decker bus was too tall to fit under a ..

SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say search teams have found the remains of 2 more people who were killed in the suburban San Francisco blast that destroyed nearly 40 homes.The..

Wladimir Klitschko successfully defended his WBO and IBF world heavyweight titles on Saturday after stopping Samuel Peter in the 10th round in Frankfurt, Germany.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghans have taken to the streets for a second day, setting tires on fire and chanting "Death to America."      The protests were..

NEW YORK (AP) - A Florida pastor says his church will "not today, not ever" burn a Quran, even if a mosque is built near ground zero.      Pastor Terry Jon..