The USA Patriot Act might deter international students from studying in the United States, say foreign students and an immigration attorney at the University. Part of the legislation - which Congress passed...

R By Shannon McCaffrey, Tony Pugh and Kristi Heim Knight Ridder Newspapers OCKVILLE, Md. (KRT) - Authorities late Wednesday said they are seeking a former Army soldier and a juvenile believed to be his...

P By James M. O'Neill Knight Ridder Newspapers HILADELPHIA (KRT) - College campuses, which served as key incubators for the antiwar protests of previous decades, are spawning a new generation of activists...

R By Shannon McCaffrey, Seth Borenstein and Tony Pugh Knight Ridder Newspapers OCKVILLE, Md. (KRT) - A bus driver was shot and killed Tuesday in what appeared to be the 10th slaying by a Washington-area...

WBy Frank Davies Knight Ridder Newspapers ASHINGTON (KRT) - Because of election debacles in Florida, voters in about half the states will see "modest changes" at the polls when they vote Nov. 5, according...

H By Daniel Rubin Knight Ridder Newspapers AMBURG, Germany (KRT) - The first person to go on trial on charges of aiding the Sept. 11 hijackers acknowledged Tuesday that he had trained at an al-Qaida terrorist...

W By Shannon McCaffrey Knight Ridder Newspapers ASHINGTON - A sharply divided Supreme Court refused Monday to consider abolishing the execution of juvenile killers. By a 5-4 margin the court declined to...

R By Ron Hutcheson, Ben Finley and Sumana Chatterjee Knight Ridder Newspapers OCKVILLE, Md. - A possible suspect in the Washington-area sniper killings called police Monday, but authorities said the conversation...

W By Susan C. Thomson and Joseph Plambeck St. Louis Post-Dispatch ASHINGTON - Students at the nation's four-year public colleges and universities are paying an average of 9.6 percent more in tuition this...

H By Cliff Churgin and Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson Knight Ridder Newspapers ADERA, Israel (KRT) - A suicide car bombing destroyed a bus at the Karkur Junction on Monday, about five miles from Hadera in northern...