DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian naval vessels conducted rocket tests last week near U.S. warships and commercial traffic passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the American... READ MORE »

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rescue crews in Northern California tranquilized a wayward seal that snarled traffic for two days by trying to cross a highway several times. A veterinarian using a... READ MORE »

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — A teen fugitive from Texas known for using an "affluenza" defense and his mother were scheduled to depart for the U.S. after authorities said a phone call for... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) — It was a very merry Christmas for fitness-tracking device maker Fitbit. The company's app was the most downloaded on Apple's app store Christmas Day, a sign that many people... READ MORE »

DALLAS (AP) — Authorities said a Texas teenager serving probation for killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck after invoking an "affluenza" defense was in custody in Mexico, weeks... READ MORE »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lanky and long-haired, with mutton chops and moles, Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister looked and lived like a hard-rock hero. He founded Motorhead in 1975, and continued recording... READ MORE »

NEW DELHI (AP) — Like consumers around the globe, Indians are flocking to the online marketplace in droves these days. But there's one unusual item flying off the virtual shelves: Online... READ MORE »

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan on Monday reached a deal meant to resolve a decades-long impasse over Korean women forced into Japanese military-run... READ MORE »

CHICAGO (AP) — Bettie Jones, known in her Chicago neighborhood for her work with anti-violence community groups, was killed by police responding to a domestic disturbance just hours after... READ MORE »

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A judge dismissed a former University of New Mexico student's lawsuit alleging she was ostracized by professors for anti-gay remarks made in a paper, federal court... READ MORE »