TrendPulse|AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

NEW YORK (AP) — The December holidaysare supposed to be a time of joyful celebration, but the season

A hazardous heat wave is forecast to bring scorching temperatures to the Pacific Northwest this week

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have settled in as rulers of Afghanistan, two years after they

Two people are dead after a small plane crashed into a lake in North Carolina Sunday, authorities sa

"Blue Bloods" ended after 14 seasons Friday with a tragic death, a shooting spree that takes down th

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rick Howlett, a veteran broadcast news journalist and longtime host at WFPL-F

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — When flames swept through western Maui, engulfing the town of Lahaina, reside

The search for a California backpacker who went missing in Sequoia National Park is entering its thi

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Military-run hearings for accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

A mountain lion spotted in the backyard of a northern California home prompted authorities to issue

Rebuilding on the Hawaiian island of Maui following the devastating wildfires — which have left scor

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State Sen. John Scott, a longtime South Carolina lawmaker who served for more

Life isn't quite so simple anymore for Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.The two socialites-turned-busi

Andrew J. Whelton is a professor of Civil, Environmental & Ecological Engineering and director o

Missouri troopers are investigating after 16 people were injured following a boat explosion at a mar

16 people injured after boat explodes at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri