N By Alice McQuillan, Ralph R. Ortega and Dave Goldiner New York Daily News EW YORK (KRT) - Fearing a new rap war, police brass ordered cops Thursday to watch over hip hop figures following the mysterious...

W By Jonathan S. Landay Knight Ridder Newspapers ASHINGTON (KRT) - The commander who is planning a possible U.S. invasion of Iraq has won Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld's support for a ground...

T By Henry Weinstein and Myron Levin Los Angeles Times he European Union accused tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds in a lawsuit Wednesday of selling black-market cigarettes to drug lords and mobsters, helping...

F By Vernon Loeb The Washington Post ORT POLK, La. - Just seven months ago, Capt. Glenn Kozelka and his men from the Army's 10th Mountain Division fought al-Qaida terrorists in the mountains of Afghanistan....

W By Ralph Vartabedian and Mark Fineman The Los Angeles Times ASHINGTON - The Justice Department moved closer Tuesday to taking over the prosecution of the Washington sniper case, filing a complaint in...

U By Maggie Farley and Doyle McManus The Los Angeles Times NITED NATIONS - For President Bush, this month's debate in the U.N. Security Council is all about Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction. But...

A war in Iraq would be a blow to peace and stability in the Middle East, Jordan's ambassador to the United States said Tuesday. Karim Kawar described Jordan's reasons for opposing a U.S.-led war on Iraq...

A By Michael Matza Knight Ridder Newspapers MMAN, Jordan (KRT) - A U.S. diplomat was killed Monday morning in Amman as he was preparing to leave home to go to work at the American embassy. The diplomat...

C By Melissa Allison Chicago Tribune HICAGO (KRT) - Hundreds of manufacturers, from industries as diverse as steel and concrete, are going beyond U.S. environmental regulations to voluntarily reduce the...

W By Shannon McCaffrey Knight Ridder Newspapers ASHINGTON (KRT) - Virginia prosecutors filed the state's first murder charges against the sniper suspects on Monday as jockeying intensified over who will...