Over 400 Tibetan and western Buddhist monks, nuns and other practitioners who have traveled from 16 countries are gathering this weekend to stage an impassioned protest against the Dalai Lama at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, where he is scheduled to

About a dozen cases involving espionage by China against the United States have been filed, but U.S. officials say they still don't know how far it it reaches.

An Ohio woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for locking her child alone in a closet while she went to work.

Canadian police and coroner's officials shed some light Thursday on five human feet found washed ashore in British Columbia in the past year.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, fresh from apologizing for a crude remark he made about Barack Obama, says he has a great passion for the U.S. senator's campaign.

Michelle Obama says that if her husband, Barack, becomes U.S. president, she will push for programs to help people balance work and family.

A Florida hospital took a foster child off its organ transplant waiting list, officials said, because the state can't guarantee the child will have a home.

A judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit claiming the Indiana lottery continued to sell tickets to a scratch-off game after prizes had been won.

A former suspect in the death of JonBenet Ramsey says he is pleased the family was cleared of the child's death, but it should have happened years ago.

New Orleans, partly laid waste by Hurricane Katrina, was the fastest-growing metropolis in the nation from July 1, 2006, to July 1, 2007, U.S. census data show.

Massachusetts lawmakers say they are preparing to vote on whether to repeal a 1913 law that bans out-of-state same-sex couples from marrying in the state.

Steven Kazmierczak, the Northern Illinois killer, struggled with mental illnesses and tried suicide at least four times, a new magazine article says.

Authorities in Tucson said they have seized two tons of marijuana and arrested two men who were allegedly planning to sell the drug.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said calls to drill in protected, sensitive areas is a hoax perpetrated by Republicans and the Bush administration.

President George Bush signed the bill reauthorizing U.S. spy laws Thursday, saying it will play critical role in protecting the country.

Congress likely will not pass any spending bills until after President George Bush is out of office, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday.

Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama lashed out Thursday after one of Republican John McCain's advisers said the nation's recession was mental.

Alaska state Sen. John Cowdery was indicted on public corruption charges involving oil legislation, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.

Georgia's actions are a real threat to peace and security in the South Caucasus and may put the region on the brink of a new armed conflict with unpredictable consequences, the Russian representative in OSCE Vladimir Voronkov spoke today.

Russia's unified democratic opposition has released a new program for reforming the country's socio-political and socio-economic situation.