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WASHINGTON — A flurry of better-than-expected bank earnings reports this week, coupled with some tentatively encouraging economic data, suggest the economy and the financial system might not be quite as sick as many had believed.
LOME, Togo — Security forces briefly detained a former Togo defense minister Wednesday after officials implicated him in an alleged plot to overthrow the West African nation's president.
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands — A U.S. Virgin Islands judge tightened bail conditions for a former hospital CEO on Wednesday amid a criminal probe of alleged embezzlement and financial mismanagement.
BILLINGS, Mont. — Former NFL running back Travis Henry has pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine in a federal drug case that could land him in prison for 10 years or more.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Women selling hot peppers and black beans in a sprawling market in Haiti's capital talk of their unending economic woes, their hungry children and their dismal hopes that politicians will do anything about it.
MEXICO CITY — Heavily armed police are patrolling a wealthy neighborhood near Mexico's presidential residence as President Barack Obama heads to the capital on his first visit to the country.
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia's prime minister says his government has identified many pirate leaders but needs more resources and the help of other countries to go after them.
NEW YORK — Introduced to a standing ovation, Rachel Robinson stepped to the podium at Citi Field and smiled as she gazed around the regal new rotunda that bears her husband's name.
