The U.S. Embassy in Egypt has offered monetary compensation to the family of a man shot dead by American naval personnel in the Suez Canal.

U.S. officials say a review of an American airstrike in Afghanistan refutes claims by the United Nations and others that as many as 90 civilians were killed.

Rarely in the history of American political conventions has the losing side received so much time and attention as this week in Denver.

American workers’ confidence in the job market is as low as it was during the 2001 recession, according to a survey released Thursday.

Barack Obama stepped triumphantly into history Wednesday night, the first black American to win a major party presidential nomination, as thousands of Democrats...

Barack Obama stepped triumphantly into history Wednesday night, the first black American to win a major party presidential nomination, as thousands of Democrats...

Former President Clinton forcefully endorsed Barack Obama’s bid for the White House on Wednesday, telling delegates to the Democratic convention that Obama is...

Barack Obama, claiming a prize never held by a black American, swept to the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday as thousands of national convention...

The Democratic National Convention has nominated Barack Obama as the party’s presidential candidate, the first black American ever named to lead a major party...

In an about-face, Jordan is reaching out to the Hamas militant group amid fears that a collapse of Mideast peacemaking would bring an influx of refugees. But the U.S....

Russia could cut poultry and pork import quotas by hundreds of thousands of tons, the country’s agriculture minister said Wednesday. The move could hit American...

Israeli and American scientists are bringing the oldest known version of the Hebrew Bible into the 21st century. They’re digitally reproducing the Dead Sea...

The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of wounds suffered in a roadside bombing in northeast Baghdad.

Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf on Tuesday presented the 2008 Polar Music Prize to American soprano Renee Fleming and Pink Floyd band members Nick Mason and Roger...

Americans’ confidence in the economy has gotten a better-than-expected boost in August amid lower prices at the gas pump.

The Census Bureau on Tuesday reports new numbers on poverty, income and health insurance _ an annual snapshot of the economic well-being of American households.

A spokesman for the U.S. embassy says the American navy will deliver food aid to a Georgian port city where Russian forces have set up checkpoints on the outskirts.

Police say the top U.S. diplomat in Peshawar escaped a gun attack on an American consulate vehicle in Pakistan’s volatile northwest.

DENVER (AP) _ Michelle Obama declared “I love this country” Monday as she sought to reassure the nation that she and her husband Barack share...

Michelle Obama is trying to reassure voters that her husband shares traditional American values like a belief in hard work, honesty and family.