Nearly 1.3 million Mexican residents don\'t have running water in Mexico City, the nation\'s capital, a university study has revealed.

SEATTLE (AP) - Forty wealthy families and individuals have joined Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and billionaireinvestor Warren Buffett in a pledge to give at least half the..

DEADWOOD, SD - Hail in Deadwood on Tuesday floods shocks everyone.It all happened in less than 45 minutes. Before the storm it was a warm summer day, and afterwards it looked more ..

PHOENIX (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration sent investigators to the scene of a deadly plane crash in northPhoenix. FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer tells The Associated Press ..

WASHINGTON (AP) - Last-minute money to save the jobs of tens of thousands of teachers and other public workers overcame a Republican filibuster Wednesday and sped toward Senate pas..

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -A federal judge overturned California's same-sex marriage ban Wednesday in a landmark case that could eventually land before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if..

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek hoped to inject some momentum into his Senate campaign with a statewide bus tour. Meek was considered a lock for the nomination u..

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces a critical vote in parliament Wednesday, the first serious challenge to his government since one of his allies left the coalition.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp is endorsing Republican Marco Rubio for Senate over his boss, Gov. CharlieCrist. Kottkamp said he and Crist, who is running as an indepe..

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell said Brett Favre will play this season if his ankle allows it. Bevell spoke on Wednesday after a mornin..

A British navy ship abandoned and lost in Canadian Arctic waters since the mid-19th century has been found in relatively good shape at the bottom of a bay, the Canadian government says.

An Iranian court may render the final verdict Thursday in the case of Sakineh Mohammedie Ashtiani, sentenced to death by stoning in Iran for allegedly committing adultery.

Bibi Aisha, a young Afghan wife whose ears and nose were cut off by her husband, is heading to the United States on Wednesday for reconstructive surgery.

The Pentagon is reminding an estimated 100,000 retired military men and women that they are owed back pay and should claim it.Congress last year approved a $500 retroactive bonus t..

The action that set off a deadly battle on the Israel-Lebanon border on Tuesday might be termed \"grounds maintenance\" elsewhere, but tensions flare quickly between these neighbors. FULL STORY l U.N.: ISRAEL ON ITS SIDE

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Federal Trade Commission calls its settlement announced today with Intel as a victory for consumers who have overpaid for computer chips for a decade. Howe..

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A 22-year-old woman who police say accompanied the man charged in the fatal shootings of two Tampa police officers has pleaded not guilty to a federal charge of ..

WASHINGTON, DC - Fraud and questionable marketing practices are just some of the latest  findings announced Wednesday after a national wide government investigation into for-..

A grenade exploded near the convoy of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his visit to a western Iranian city on Wednesday, according to a website linked to moderate members of the country\'s parliament.

A 14-year-old Dutch girl set sail Wednesday morning on a journey to travel around the world.