Coast Guard officials are trying to determine the identities and nationalities of about a dozen people found on a boat in the Straits of Florida early Tuesday. ...more

December 24, 2008

It has been called an Alice in Wonderland investigation into the makeup of the universe - or dangerous tampering with nature that could spell doomsday. ...more

September 8, 2008

Bread of Life Ministries, an organization marking 15 years of assisting local families through a variety of charitable programs, is fighting a two-front battle spawned by economically challenging times. ...more

July 23, 2008

Truck bombs exploded minutes apart Tuesday in central Algiers, heavily damaging U.N. offices and partly ripping the facade off a government building. At least 26 people were killed, including U.N. workers, and scores were wounded, officials said. ...more

December 12, 2007

Iraq's prime minister lashed out at the country's Sunni Arab vice president in an interview published Tuesday, drawing attention to a bitter rift between two key politicians from rival sects at a time the United States is pressing for Iraqi unity. ...more

November 21, 2007

Fleeing stepped-up sweeps by the U.S. authorities, illegal immigrants to the United States, mostly Mexican, are arriving in growing numbers at the foot of the bridge in this Canadian border town seeking refugee status. ...more

September 21, 2007