In a move that has divided the campus community in the past, the Graduate Student Organizing Congress kicked off a drive Monday to unionize the 3,700 graduate assistants by the end of the next academic...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- The president imposed emergency rule throughout Sri Lanka on Tuesday, clearing the way for a delay in elections military leaders said could divert soldiers battling Tamil guerrillas...

Sarah McKenzie A 35-year-old woman working on her Ph.D. in international development at the University was murdered in Uganda while on a six-week public health care mission. Friends and family of Cecilia...

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) -- Hutu rebels armed with machetes and clubs hacked to death at least 110 people in attacks northwest of the Rwandan capital of Kigali, an army commander said Sunday. Col. Fred Ibingira...

The lot in Dinkytown where the old Burger King building stood, on the corner of 14th Avenue Southeast and 5th Street Southeast, will soon have a new occupant. But the new business might be a surprise...

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Randy Johnson was everything the Houston Astros wanted when they sacrificed their future to get him: overpowering, dominating, intimidating. Everything including a winner. Johnson, pitching...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's Taliban fighters captured the stronghold of warlord Rashid Dostum on Sunday, Taliban and opposition sources said, putting the religious militia on the doorstep...

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) -- News that the pilots' union at Northwest Airlines may idle the carrier with a strike at the end of August has set off a flurry of speculation on who might be hurt or helped by a walkout. While...

Current public policy debates are increasingly placing greater emphasis on the need for stronger ethics. Human rights and environmental issues compete for center stage. The quotes found in the following...

Ben Williams is getting ready to play football in Minnesota. Again. As preparations for the Minnesota Vikings' afternoon practice were underway last Wednesday, the former Gophers' defensive lineman relaxed...