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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- One, a foster child, said he was threatened, warned he would never see his family again if he ever told anyone what happened. Another said he stayed quiet because he didn't want to stop getting tickets to the hottest game in town - Penn State football....

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Social media at times was a help, other times a hindrance in the search and eventual arrest of a suspect in the triple fatal shooting at a pool party at an Alabama apartment complex, officials said Wednesday....

LEXINGTON, Okla. (AP) -- If associates of a reputed Mexican drug cartel leader had wanted to lay low while laundering money at an American horse ranch, they seemed to do everything wrong....

HOUSTON (AP) -- A Houston jury convicted a man Wednesday of murdering his neighbor during a confrontation outside the neighbor's home two years ago, rejecting his claim that he was within his rights to fatally shoot the man under Texas' version of a stand-your-ground law....

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against John Edwards, triggering criticism that the year-long prosecution of the former presidential candidate was a waste of time and taxpayer money....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is presenting Israeli President Shimon Peres (shee-MOHN' PEHR'-ehs) with the Medal of Freedom, calling him the essence of Israel itself....

BERLIN (AP) -- A Berlin court has ordered the Canadian suspect in the slaying and dismembering of a Chinese student in Montreal be held in pre-extradition custody as his likely return to Canada edges closer, authorities said Wednesday....

BERLIN (AP) -- A Berlin court has ordered the Canadian suspect in the slaying and dismembering of a Chinese student in Montreal be held in pre-extradition custody as his likely return to Canada edges closer, authorities said Wednesday....

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Police were searching for a trauma surgeon Wednesday as a "person of interest" in a fatal shooting at a Buffalo hospital, and warned the public that the former Army Special Forces weapons expert may be armed and dangerous....

ATLANTA (AP) -- The nation's Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday promised steadfast opposition to President Barack Obama's mandate that birth control be covered by health insurance, saying it is one of many threats to religious freedom in government....

ATLANTA (AP) -- The nation's Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday promised steadfast opposition to President Barack Obama's mandate that birth control be covered by health insurance, saying it is one of many threats to religious freedom in government....

MADRID (AP) -- Spain faced mounting pressure Wednesday to bolster confidence in its financial system just days after accepting a (EURO)100 billion ($125 billion) plan to rescue its banks....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta pleaded with Congress Wednesday to avoid the disaster of automatic defense cuts even as he criticized lawmakers' affection for protecting aging ships and aircraft....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In growing numbers, once-confident Democrats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Car bombs ripped through Shiite and Kurdish targets in Baghdad and other cities Wednesday, killing at least 66 people, wounding more than 200 and feeding growing doubts that Iraq will emerge as a stable democracy after decades of war and dictatorship....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Car bombs ripped through Shiite and Kurdish targets in Baghdad and other cities Wednesday, killing at least 66 people, wounding more than 200 and feeding growing doubts that Iraq will emerge as a stable democracy after decades of war and dictatorship....

GENEVA (AP) -- Twenty-four years ago Aung San Suu Kyi left Europe for what was then a military-controlled nation called Burma. She returned Wednesday the icon of Myanmar's democracy movement to a continent eager to hear from her whether the country's recent reforms truly spell the end of its cruel dictatorship....

GENEVA (AP) -- Twenty-four years ago Aung San Suu Kyi left Europe for what was then a military-controlled nation called Burma. She returned Wednesday the icon of Myanmar's democracy movement to a continent eager to hear from her whether the country's recent reforms truly spell the end of its cruel dictatorship....

BERN, Switzerland (AP) -- A rock star welcome greeted Aung San Suu Kyi as she embarked on her first trip to Europe in 24 years. But after a whirlwind of standing ovations, speeches and receptions, it all became too much, and she fell ill Thursday during a news conference in Switzerland....

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Mourners gathered Saturday for the funeral services of Jacqueline Wisniewski, who was gunned down in the basement of a Buffalo hospital by her surgeon ex-boyfriend....