H By Lianne Hart and Henry Weinstein Los Angeles Times UNTSVILLE, Texas - In a surprise move, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a last-minute reprieve Wednesday night to a paranoid schizophrenic murderer,...

H By Walter Hamilton and Edwin Chen Los Angeles Times arvey L. Pitt, the embattled chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, resigned under pressure late Tuesday after his latest misstep left...

J By Laura King Los Angeles Times ERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, unable to shore up his battered government, on Tuesday called early national elections, even as he acknowledged that a...

T By Eric Slater Los Angeles Times he most unusual and perhaps most-watched Senate race in the country brought out record numbers of voters Tuesday, which combined with a hastily reworked ballot to keep...

W By Janet Hook Los Angeles Times ASHINGTON - Republicans appeared to retain their majority in the House Tuesday night while Democrats struggled to keep control of the Senate, capping a bitter, expensive...

U By Maggie Farley Los Angeles Times NITED NATIONS--After nearly two months of wrangling, the United States has reportedly reached agreement with France on key provisions in an Iraq resolution, and will...

J By John Ward Anderson The Washington Post ERUSALEM - As violence raged outside between Israelis and Palestinians, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon narrowly survived three confidence votes in parliament Monday...

L By James Bates Los Angeles Times OS ANGELES - Walt Disney Co. disclosed Monday what could become the legal equivalent of getting stuck in a honey jar for a Florida company locked in a battle over hundreds...

W By Esther Schrader and Henry Weinstein Los Angeles Times ASHINGTON - In striking a close associate of Osama bin Laden dead in Yemen, the Bush administration has entered a murky area of international...

N By Walter Hamilton Los Angeles Times EW YORK - One of the nation's biggest accounting firms Monday accused William H. Webster, appointed to head the nation's new accounting oversight board, of making...