By Ken Ritter THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS _ A lawyer for O.J. Simpson says they’ll decide their next step after the Nevada Supreme Court rejected […]

By Tom Hays THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK _ The New York Police Department scrambled Thursday to deal with fallout from the mistaken arrest of former […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Authorities say a woman swallowed 68 cocaine pellets before flying from Jamaica to Fort Lauderdale in an unsuccessful smuggling scheme. Court documents […]

By Julie Watson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO _ Dr. William Grier, a psychiatrist who co-authored the groundbreaking 1968 book, “Black Rage,” which offered the first […]

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad _ A new prime minister has taken office in Trinidad and Tobago after the previous ruling party was voted out in general elections. David […]

By Darlene Superville THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will lead the welcoming committee for Pope Francis when he […]

GREENVILLE, S.C. _ Helen Burns Jackson, the mother of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, has died. She was 92. The Rev. Jesse Jackson told The Associated […]

JOHANNESBURG(AP) _ A South African foundation says retired archbishop Desmond Tutu has left a Cape Town hospital after receiving treatment there. The foundation, named after Tutu […]

By Hippolyte Marboua THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGUI, Central African Republic _ International peacekeepers who commit crimes must be punished, the U.N. human rights chief said on […]

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic _ An Insel Air flight en route to Miami was forced to make an emergency landing Wednesday in the Dominican Republic when […]

By Abdi Guled THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOGADISHU, Somalia _ A day after Islamic extremists overran an African Union military base in Somalia, shaken residents of an […]