RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Three National Guard members were checked for cuts, bumps and bruises after strong winds knocked down 51 military tents set up at Camp Rapid Thursday. About 8:15 a.m., some of...

WASHINGTON (AP) --Training in safe sex practices can significantly reduce the spread of AIDS and other diseases, according to the largest study ever among men and women most susceptible to the infections. A...

You just want to graduate on time and get out of this place -- this huge, impersonal, cold and sometimes unforgiving collection of buildings and students, right? You had probably thought you should work,...

The Ku Klux Klan is planning a rally June 27 in Jasper, Texas, less than three weeks after the horrible murder of James Byrd Jr. Byrd's body was torn to pieces after three white men chained and dragged...

MOSCOW (AP) -- Lightning struck an ammunition storage compound in Russia's Ural Mountains, sparking a series of explosions that killed at least 14 people and injured 17 others, a news agency reported Thursday. Thirteen...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- A landslide at a new gold mine killed at least 30 people and prompted Niger's president to suspend work at the mine. The cave-in happened Monday, prompted by heavy rains that caused...

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Surmounting language and cultural barriers with ease, Tibetan refugee Tashi Yangzom said the hardest challenge she's faced since coming to the United States has been overcoming prejudice. "I really don't...

MOSCOW (AP) -- Two former aides to a high-profile politician in the Russian republic of Kalmykia have confessed to killing an opposition journalist, a news agency reported Tuesday. Larisa Yudina, editor...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea admitted for the first time Tuesday that it has sold missiles abroad and plans to keep doing so, openly challenging international efforts to curb global missile proliferation. North...