Beijing lawyer Ying Guohua is heading to the United States on a shopping trip, looking not for designer clothes or jewelry, but for a $1 million home in New York City or Los Angeles.

Guy Hunt, who in 1987 became Alabama’s first Republican governor since Reconstruction but six years later was the first chief executive removed from office for a criminal conviction, died Friday in Birmingham. He was 75.

Investors who have forsaken shaky financial markets for the safety of gold must feel a little bit like prospectors.

A Chinese court has ordered an Internet user and a Web site to compensate a man who became the victim of an online witch hunt after his wife killed herself over his alleged infidelity. It is the first online harassment case in China.

The head of the New Mexico Game and Fish Department is resigning from his position, a month after the state Game Commission revoked his hunting license for illegally killing a deer.

The head of the New Mexico Game and Fish Department is resigning from his position, a month after the state Game Commission revoked his hunting license for illegally killing a deer.

A Quebec judge acquitted five animal-rights activists Friday on charges they violated a law requiring them to keep a mandated distance from seal hunters off Canada’s east coast.

Conservation officers in New Mexico are calling for the resignation or replacement of the top official in the state Game and Fish Department after he lost his hunting license for illegally killing a deer.

Serbia’s war crimes court is investigating genocide allegations against a man accused of serving as a Nazi officer before emigrating to the United States and retiring outside Seattle.

Wyoming bested Colorado in the One Shot Antelope Hunt over the weekend, despite Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal failing to kill his animal with the required single shot.