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Susan Rice: No regrets about Benghazi remarks
Documents at Ukraine leader's home detail spending
Oldest-known Holocaust survivor dies at 110
Taliban says it suspends talks on held US soldier
Collins to become 1st openly gay player with Nets
La.'s Landrieu looks for independent, GOP support
Bills seek to tackle backlog of untested rape kits
Samsung's new smartwatches have fitness features
Daytona 500 delays now common in NASCAR's opener
Details emerge about arrest of legendary drug lord
High court climate case looks at EPA's power
Guzman not likely to be in US court soon
Noose closed on Mexican drug lord as allies fell
Governors: 'Obamacare' here to stay
Jason Collins, openly gay player, signs with Nets
Ukraine: president's whereabouts unknown
Babe Ruth World Series watch auctioned for $700K

Susan Rice: No regrets about Benghazi remarks

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 01:45 PM PST

The U.S. national security adviser defends her initial report on the attack.

Documents at Ukraine leader's home detail spending

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 11:41 AM PST

Cash: $12 million. Decoration of a dining hall and tea room: $2.3 million. Statue of a wild boar: $115,000. "A bribe": $4,000.

Oldest-known Holocaust survivor dies at 110

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 03:05 PM PST

LONDON (AP) — Alice Herz-Sommer, believed to be the oldest Holocaust survivor, died at age 110 on Sunday, a family member said. The accomplished pianist's death came just a week before her extraordinary story of surviving two years in a Nazi prison camp through devotion to music and her son is up for an Oscar.

Taliban says it suspends talks on held US soldier

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 08:53 AM PST

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan's Taliban said Sunday they had suspended "mediation" with the United States to exchange captive Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five senior Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, halting — at least temporarily — what was considered the best chance yet of securing the 27-year-old soldier's freedom since his capture in 2009.

Collins to become 1st openly gay player with Nets

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 01:31 PM PST

Jason Collins became the NBA's first active openly gay player Sunday, signing a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets.

La.'s Landrieu looks for independent, GOP support

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 11:51 AM PST

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Democrat Mary Landrieu's quest for a fourth Senate term will turn on whether she can attract just enough support from independents and Republicans to win in this increasingly conservative state.

Bills seek to tackle backlog of untested rape kits

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 03:16 PM PST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — With possibly hundreds of thousands of rape kits untested across the country, a number of states are proposing legislation to address backlogs that in at least one case dates back nearly three decades.

Samsung's new smartwatches have fitness features

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 08:49 AM PST

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Samsung unveiled two new computerized wristwatches on Sunday, this time including health sensors and related fitness features to give people a reason to buy one.

Daytona 500 delays now common in NASCAR's opener

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 04:15 PM PST

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Daytona could use a dome.

Details emerge about arrest of legendary drug lord

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 03:58 PM PST

CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — After fruitlessly pursuing one of the world's top drug lords for years, authorities finally drew close to Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman using a cellphone found at a house where drugs were stored.

High court climate case looks at EPA's power

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 10:15 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Industry groups and Republican-led states are heading an attack at the Supreme Court against the Obama administration's sole means of trying to limit power-plant and factory emissions of gases blamed for global warming.

Guzman not likely to be in US court soon

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 04:31 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — After 13 years on the run, narrow escapes from the military, law enforcement and rivals, drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is back in Mexican custody. Now starts what is likely to be a lengthy and complicated legal process to decide which country gets to try him first.

Noose closed on Mexican drug lord as allies fell

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 08:48 AM PST

CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — For 13 years Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman watched from western Mexico's rugged mountains as authorities captured or killed the leaders of every group challenging his Sinaloa cartel's spot at the top of global drug trafficking.

Governors: 'Obamacare' here to stay

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 04:44 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The explosive politics of health care have divided the nation, but America's governors, Republicans and Democrats alike, suggest that President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is here to stay.

Jason Collins, openly gay player, signs with Nets

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 12:25 PM PST

Jason Collins has signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets and is set to become the first active openly gay player in the NBA.

Ukraine: president's whereabouts unknown

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 02:03 AM PST

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The whereabouts of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych were unclear on Sunday, after he left the capital and his archfoe Yulia Tymoshenko was freed from prison and returned to Kiev to address a massive, adoring crowd.