COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s tenth president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across ...

Israel’s air force carried out dozens of airstrikes early Monday on southern Lebanon, state media and the Israeli military ...

The head brewmaster for Weihenstephan, the world’s oldest brewery, has a secret: He really likes alcohol-free beer. Even though he’s quick to say he obviously enjoys real ...

Asian stocks were mostly higher on Monday, supported by key rate decisions last week from the U.S. Federal Reserve, Japan, China and Britain. U.S. futures and oil prices were ...

All countries have crimes that resonate. In Mexico, one of the modern day ones is the disappearance of 43 students from a ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Authorities have reported no immediate arrests after a weekend mass shooting killed four people and ...

One presidential candidate is talking up gun ownership and promising tough border security measures. The other vows to cap credit card interest rates and force insurance companies ...

U Street is mostly deserted when Aceba Broadus and his three-person crew from the District of Columbia’s Department of Public ...

Wednesday: This is when our next weather maker works its way into the region. Most of the day is dry, but cloudy with partly to mostly cloudy conditions. Moving into the afternoon/evening hours a warm ...

EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s pro-government supporters and security forces confronted protesters loyal to former president Evo Morales in a street melee Sunday, the second such violent escalation ...

As world leaders meeting in the United Nations this week discuss the future of efforts to rein in the gangs strangling Haiti, Haitians are expressing hopelessness that ...