Arab leaders gave the Palestinian Authority Thursday the green light for direct talks with Israel, a move that prompted the Israeli prime minister to say his country is ready for the face-to-face talks as well.

Mexican federal authorities arrested 62 police officers in the state of Baja California Thursday suspected of ties to organized crime and drug trafficking, the state\'s attorney general said, according to the state-run Notimex news agency.

COOKIE CITY, Mont. - One man was killed and two people were hurt in a Grizzly bear attack in a Montana campground on Tuesday.Montana wildlife officials on Thursday identified the m..

MAMOU, La. - The federal government is paying farmers $20 million to flood their fields to help birds avoid oil-infested habitats.The project is designed provide an alternative nes..

BOISE, Idaho - Federal judges are having trouble where to hear over 300 oil spill lawsuits filed against BP.About 23 lawyers argued to the seven-member US Judicial Panel on Multi-d..

The top U.S. military officer said that the founder of WikiLeaks was risking lives to make a political point by publishing thousands of military reports from Afghanistan.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - More than 1 million people are expected to participate in what amounts to the largest-ever public opinion poll on the nation's new health care law.Missou..

NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists are making progress in testing stem cells to treat a variety of diseases, but they're warning about clinics that push unproven treatments.There are clini..

WASHINGTON (AP) - The former superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery says he accepts "full responsibility" for the mix-up of graves at the famous military burial ground.John ..

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the country's long-term economic success will be tied to the success of the nation's schools.Speaking at the centennial convention of ..

More than 100 people have died of cholera in Cameroon, according to Joseph Beti Assomo, a regional governor.

French prosecutors say they have charged a woman with murder after she admitted giving birth to and smothering eight babies over a 17-year period in northern France.

Afghanistan\'s president said he is incensed that leaked secret U.S. military documents include the names of Afghan informants.

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military offici..

PHOENIX, AZ-   At the stroke of midnight a watered down version of Arizona's tough immigration law went into effect.  A judge issued a temporary injunction against t..

French national police Tuesday detained a couple after the bodies of eight newborn babies were found in northern France, some in a home and others in the garden of another home, the French Interior Ministry said.

Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Patricia Espinosa called Wednesday\'s decision on Arizona\'s immigration law \"a step in the right direction.\"

The Committee to Protect Journalists appealed Wednesday to the Mexican government to do all it can to bring about the release of four journalists abducted Monday.

FARGO, Ga. - This is what it looks like to be surrounded by 300 hungry alligators.  This group feeding only happens once every three or four years.Earlier this month, fisherma..