If the Mexico swine flu becomes a global pandemic, the routines and comforts of daily life would vanish in the blink of an eye. Small towns and big cities alike would go into a protective crouch.

Two million dead. Hospitals overwhelmed. Schools closed. Swaths of empty seats at baseball stadiums and houses of worship. An economic recovery snuffed out.

An accusation that a woman was gang-raped by traditional authorities has rattled a Mexican town still ruled by ancient Indian customs.

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s choice for national security adviser said Wednesday that he has been denied an entry visa to the United States for the past two years because U.S. authorities linked him to a Pentagon spy case.

Old Case: 1994-95 Bojinka conspiracy.

Two Canadian Parliament members on Sunday visited a U.S. Army deserter being held in a brig in San Diego after unsuccessfully trying to seek refuge in Canada.

Authorities in southern New Jersey are ending their search of a wooded area near Atlantic City after failing to turn up any remains of a toddler missing for 22 years.

A judge has tossed a disorderly conduct charge against a protester accused of trying to hurl his shoe at a New York transit official.

The Supreme Court is taking a new look at whether a neo-Nazi convicted of murdering three men in Ohio should be sentenced to death.

A century ago, at the dawn of food safety laws, inspection amounted to little more than opening a bin of flour and looking for something wiggly.