Civil rights icon and veteran Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, said anti-health care bill protesters Saturday repeatedly yelled the N word at him as he left a heath care meeting and walked to the Capitol. I haven't seen heard anything like this...
Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he is truly sorry for the abuse suffered by victims at the hands of Catholic priests in Ireland. The pope directly addressed the church abuse crisis that has rocked the Irish Catholic Church in an 18-page le...
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook Cuba on Saturday. The quake struck at 1:08 p.m. (2:08 p.m. ET) 22 kilometers (14 miles) below the surface and was centered 44 km (27 miles) south-southwest of Guantanamo, the U.S. Geological Survey said. So...
A new twist in the Air Force's 10-year effort to build an aerial refueling tanker may bring a bid from a Russian state-owned aerospace company for the $35 billion tanker contract, according to the company's U.S. attorney. The company, Unit...
Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese in Germany is facing daily allegations of physical and sexual abuse, the head of its new sex-abuse task force says. It is like a tsunami, Elke Huemmeler told the Associated Press news agency. She said abo...
Western Balkan leaders and EU delegates are meeting in Slovenia to attempt to present a common front in the region's path towards EU membership. But Serbian President Boris Tadic is boycotting the event because of the presence of Kosovo's...
