Al-Qaida eyes a more pragmatic and arguably more dangerous shift in tactics. The emerging message appears to be: Big successes are great, but trying can be just as good.

Twisters strike parts of Arkansas, injuring four people and destroying a handful of homes, as a line of storms marches east.

Protesters clash with police as more than 20,000 people march through central Athens during a nationwide general strike against the government's new austerity measures.

Wednesday nightâ??s â??American Idolâ?� semifinal round was seriously one of the weirdest nights I can ever remember in the showâ??s nine years.

The so-called "RV Capital of the World" may soon be able to bill itself the "EV Capital of the World. What a difference a letter makes.

For the third time in three years, the world has a new richest man.

Big East roundup: Deonta Vaughn made two free throws with 5.9 seconds left then made the game-saving strip just before the buzzer and Cincinnati beat Louisville 69-66 on Wednesday night in the second round of the Big East tournament.

A small but remarkable transformation is happening in Cuba, a nation known for the rugged revolution of Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and a band of ever-macho, bearded rebels, who long punished gays and transsexuals, but is now paying for sex changes.

Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.

The Obama administration recommends listing seven populations of loggerhead turtles as endangered, a decision that could have big implications for the fishing industry.

Democrats claim momentum in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues.

When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer.  Three decades later, she froze to death at age 75.