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President Barack Obama called Sunday for a "thorough" and "rigorous" investigation into allegations involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents in Colombia.

Mark Coker says the lawsuit against Apple and five publishers will end up harming those who write, publish, sell and enjoy e-books

Authorities in northern Pakistan were looking for 384 inmates who escaped from a prison early Sunday morning after 300 Taliban militants raided it.

Two cruise ships marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic by tossing wreaths into the North Atlantic early Sunday morning directly over the site of the ship's wreckage.

Afghan security forces beat back the attacks, and at least 19 insurgents are killed in four provinces around the country.

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for four crew members from a 38-foot sailing vessel that ran aground during a yacht race near San Francisco.

Government helicopters pounded the besieged city of Homs from the sky, opposition activists said Sunday, three days after a so-called cease-fire in Syria.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un spoke before hundreds of troops and others in Pyongyang on Sunday as part of a massive, orchestrated celebration marking 100 years since the birth of the nation's founder, his grandfather.

Nearly 122 reports of tornado touchdowns in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa are reported to the National Weather Service. About 5 million people from Wisconsin to Texas "need to be on guard," CNN meteorologist Alexandra Steele says.

Leaders were unable to come to consensus over two of the most controversial topics hanging over this weekend's Summit of the Americas: drug legalization and whether or not Cuba should be allowed to participate in the regional meeting.

A possible tornado struck a hospital Saturday evening in Iowa and moved through south-central Kansas. Forecasters say there is a "high risk" of severe weather into Sunday in four states.

After battling government forces, a Maoist guerrilla group in Peru has released 36 hostages it captured earlier this week, state media reported Saturday.

Ten of the 23 nominees running for president in Egypt -- including Muslim Brotherhood candidate Khairat el-Shater and former Vice President Omar Suleiman -- have been disqualified and cannot run for the nation's top job, the head of Egypt's executive election committee said Saturday.

The shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and its galvanizing effect on African-Americans has often been compared to the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till.

Italian footballer Piermario Morosini has died after collapsing during a Serie B match at Pescara on Saturday, according to Italian media reports.

A frozen raw yellowfin tuna product from a California-based company likely is responsible for an outbreak of salmonella across 20 U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia, the CDC says.

Dean Obeidallah says it makes sense that a Marine who said he wouldn't follow orders from Obama faces discharge

Talks got under way Saturday in Turkey between Iran and six world powers, as international diplomats seek to persuade Tehran to rein in its nuclear program.

A group of Secret Service agents face allegations of misconduct that involves prostitution -- and they might not be the only Americans who engaged in inappropriate conduct at a Colombian hotel.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to debut a talk show, "The World Tomorrow," on Russia's state-funded television network next week.