WINNENDEN, Germany (AP) âÄî A black-clad teenager opened fire at his former high school in southwestern Germany on Wednesday, gunning down students and teachers with a large-caliber pistol in a...

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî President Barack Obama wants a significant âÄúdown paymentâÄù for overhauling the health care system: $634 billion over 10 years. A senior administration official...

HAARLEMMERLIEDE, Netherlands (AP) âÄî A Turkish Airlines jetliner plummeted out of the mist and plowed into a muddy field Wednesday near AmsterdamâÄôs main airport, but nearly everyone...

MIAMI (AP) âÄî A federal judge decided Monday it will take months to determine if and when the Internal Revenue Service will learn the identities of 52,000 wealthy Americans who have secret accounts...

BEIJING (AP) âÄî U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wants China to continue investing in the United States because the two countriesâÄô financial futures are closely tied together....

JERUSALEM (AP) âÄî IsraelâÄôs outgoing prime minister called on hard-line Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government quickly as coalition bargaining shifted into high gear...

TAIYUAN, China (AP) âÄî A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, killing at least 73 miners and trapping dozens in the still-burning shaft, state media said. ChinaâÄôs...

VATICAN CITY (AP) âÄî Pope Benedict XVI received Nancy Pelosi, one of the most prominent abortion rights politicians in America, and told her Wednesday that Catholic politicians have a duty to...

BUXTON, Australia (AP) âÄî The crayon colors on the page were bright âÄî orange, red, sunny yellow. But the drawings were as dark as the blackened remains of the landscape near the tiny...