Thai soldiers sprayed automatic weapons fire into the air and threw tear gas to clear protesters blocking roads in the capital in the pre-dawn darkness Monday. Demonstrators responded by hurling at least one gasoline bomb and 70 people were injured.
The Treasury Department is directing General Motors to lay prepare for a bankruptcy filing by June 1, despite GM's assertion that it could still reorganize without such a filing, The New York Times reported unnamed sources as saying on Monday
Somali pirates on Monday vowed to retaliate for the deaths of three colleagues who were shot dead by U.S. Navy snipers hours before in a daring nighttime assault that freed a 53-year-old American captain.
Police are searching for a vehicle they say drove away from a crash that killed an infant and four others and left a woman in critical condition just outside Atlanta.
If you are a female about 5 feet 8 inches tall, 140 pounds and willing to stick your head in a toilet, a prosecutor wants your help in proving a high-profile homicide case.
U.S. forces freed an American ship captain and killed three of his captors Sunday in a daring rescue that ended a five-day standoff between the world's most powerful navy and Somali pirates in a lifeboat far off the Horn of Africa.
Once known as a tireless bloodhound who tracked down fugitive gang leaders, deputy U.S. marshal John T. Ambrose now faces trial himself on charges alleging he betrayed his oath and leaked secrets to the mob.
Local villagers and private search-and-rescue teams had been searching for him since Thursday when he tried to swim across the Kunene River and was swept away.
The Galapagos National Park says La Cumbre volcano began spewing lava, gas and smoke on uninhabited Fernandina Island on Saturday after four years of inactivity.
The State Highway Patrol says 59-year-old Harry Short of Reynoldsburg had jumped Saturday in a group of three from a single-engine Cessna airplane flying at about 10,000 feet.
Israel's new prime minister spoke to the Palestinian president on for the first time since taking office, telling him that he seeks close cooperation to drive peace efforts forward.
The company that owns the American ship seized this week by Somali pirates says the U.S. Navy was able to spot the captain being held hostage on a lifeboat.
To alert homeowners and beachgoers that they are in tsunami territory, the city of Los Angeles has begun posting blue and white "TSUNAMI HAZARD ZONE" signs with an image of ominous-looking waves.
Melissa Huckaby, a 28-year-old Sunday School teacher, was on suicide watch Saturday at the San Joaquin County Jail on suspicion of kidnapping and killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu.
Suspect says U.K. Easter attack plot was just one of a number of large-scale attacks planned by Al Qaeda terrorist reportedly killed by U.S. last year.
Thailand's embattled government, humiliated by demonstrators who shut down a 16-nation Asian summit, declared a state of emergency in the capital Sunday and ordered armored vehicles into the streets to stem a tide of protest across the country.
U.S. warships and helicopters stalked a lifeboat holding an American sea captain and his four Somali captors Sunday, while his crew briefed FBI agents about how they fought off the pirates who boarded their ship.
Some 150 militants armed with rockets and automatic weapons attacked a northwest Pakistani terminal that lies along a key supply route used by U.S. and NATO troops, wounding three guards and torching eight cement trucks Sunday, police said.
A quick check on the Internet could have avoided an 80-minute emergency room wait for a sick toddler.
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