NEW ULM, Minn. — A 13-year-old cancer patient and his mother who spent a week on the run to avoid forced chemotherapy faced a court hearing Tuesday to determine the boy's medical fate.
A federal judge said Tuesday he would allow the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee to have a federal wiretap of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother having a phone conversation with U.S. Sen. Roland Burris.
BLANTYRE, Malawi — President Bingu wa Mutharika's party won a decisive parliamentary majority, according to final election results released Monday that could mean an end to bickering that had paralyzed the house.
LAGOS, Nigeria — Militants sabotaged major crude pipelines in Nigeria's chaotic oil region, further trimming crude production as the military widened an operation to uproot the fighters.
JOHANNESBURG — The cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, the worst in Africa in more than 15 years, is slowing but is still expected to reach 100,000 cases this week, the Red Cross said Tuesday.
PRETORIA, South Africa — South Africa entered a recession for the first time in nearly two decades after the economy shrunk 6.4 percent during the first quarter of this year, government officials said Tuesday.
BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb struck a U.S. convoy in western Iraq, killing three Americans, including a senior State Department official, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — As a senior at Yale Law School, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor forced a Washington law firm to apologize for what she considered discriminatory questions that a partner asked about her Puerto Rican heritage during a recruiting di
MINNEAPOLIS — The NFL filed notice Tuesday that it plans to appeal a federal judge's ruling in the case of two Minnesota Vikings players facing suspensions over positive drug tests.
