M By David Holley Los Angeles Times OSCOW--A joint Russian-Belgian crew returned to Earth on Sunday after delivering an upgraded Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft to the International Space Station, where the vehicle...

J By Laura King Los Angeles Times ERUSALEM - At least one suspected Palestinian gunman infiltrated a remote Israeli kibbutz just across the border from the West Bank late Sunday, shooting at least five...

F By Evelyn Iritani Los Angeles Times or a country operating under strict economic sanctions and the threat of war, Iraq is an awfully busy place. Ships carrying tons of Australian wheat and Vietnamese...

P By John Ward Anderson The Washington Post rime Minister Ariel Sharon dissolved the Israeli parliament and called for early elections, giving up on attempts to form a new government with right-wing allies...

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,...

T By Rebecca Trounson Los Angeles Times wo of the nation's most competitive universities announced Wednesday that they will drop their binding early admissions programs in favor of less controversial alternatives. In...

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...

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...