The South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force is assisting Chicago Heights police in their investigation of a shooting attack that killed one man and wounded three other people.

NEW YORK — If there were any doubts that Bow Wow is all grown up, his new CD — which comes with a parental advisory sticker — will drive the point home.

RICHMOND, Va. — Circuit City Stores Inc. hopes to sell its brand, trademarks and e-commerce business to Systemax Inc., the same company that purchased electronics retailer CompUSA's intellectual property when it closed in 2008.

GASTONIA, N.C. — Spas have long been considered a haven where the very wealthy go to pamper themselves.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama promised Monday that the United States would seek to halt the increasing threat of piracy off the Horn of Africa.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Mortar shells were fired toward Mogadishu airport as a plane carrying a U.S. congressman took off safely from the Somali capital on Monday, a police officer said.

LAGOS, Nigeria — Gunmen riding in 18 boats attacked a military houseboat outside an oil facility Monday in restive southern Nigeria, commandeering a naval vessel and killing one sailor, Shell and private security officials said.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A passenger landed a twin-engine plane in Florida after the pilot died in flight with a total of six people on board.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama directed his administration Monday to allow unlimited travel and money transfers by Cuban Americans to family in Cuba, and to take other steps to ease U.S. restrictions on the island, a senior administration offic

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his family opened the annual Easter Egg Roll Monday, cheering on a large throng of children lined up for fun and games on the South Lawn of the White House.