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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joins world leaders this week in the latest effort to end bloodshed in Syria as pressure mounts for the nation's embattled leader to implement a peace deal.

After three days of public debate, the Supreme Court now retreats to make decisions that could topple some or all of the health care reform bill championed by President Obama.

The midflight breakdown of a JetBlue pilot has sparked concerns about psychological screening for flight crews.

Earl Scruggs, who as a child developed the distinctive picking style that forever changed banjo playing, and whose association with Lester Flatt cemented bluegrass music's place in popular culture, died Wednesday of natural causes at a Nashville hospital, his son Gary Scruggs said. He was 88.

The trial against members of the so-called Hutaree militia resumes Thursday as the Michigan-based group's leader David Stone Sr. and his son, Joshua, face weapons charges.

Lawyers for former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn urged a judge on Wednesday to dismiss a civil suit brought against him by the New York hotel housekeeper who accused him of assaulting her last year.

A Spanish court on Wednesday dismissed an allegation that one of the world's richest men, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, raped a young woman on a yacht on the island of Ibiza in 2008.

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Once again, Syria is at a crossroads. Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan deserves applause for brokering a ceasefire in a conflict where others have failed, and where some have been only too ready to press military buttons. Despite the seeming success of diplomacy, the conflict in Syria is far from over. This is only a new beginning.

In a case that drew heavy media attention overseas, a Sarasota, Florida, jury Wednesday convicted a teen in last year's killings of two British tourists.

The United States sanctioned two engineering firms Wednesday for their ties to an elite Iranian military unit that has been branded a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.

A criminal complaint gives details of an incident in which Clayton Osbon displayed bizarre behavior before being wrestled to the floor by passengers during a flight.

The search for a missing 4-year-old Arkansas boy ended Wednesday with the discovery of his body in a river, authorities said.

A divided Supreme Court spent this week's final oral argument on health care reform Wednesday examining whether states would be "coerced" by the federal government to expand their share of Medicaid costs by the risk of losing funding if they refused to take part.

The parents of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teen killed by a Hispanic man who claims self-defense, said Wednesday they have faith in authorities investigating the case.

Michael Mann says as climate-change scientists face more personal and professional attacks for their research, evidence of global warming is also increasing.

Energy giant Total was trying Wednesday to contain a gas leak that forced the evacuation of a well off the coast of Scotland.

Even though Syria has signed off on a U.N.-backed peace initiative, activist groups said there's no evidence yet that the regime is carrying out the plan on Wednesday.

Pope Benedict XVI spoke in general terms, saying "Cuba and the world need change," but steered clear of political statements during a Mass he celebrated in Havana's Revolution Plaza on Wednesday.

Lawyers for former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn are expected to argue in a New York court Wednesday that a hotel maid's lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault should be thrown out because his then-job gave him immunity from civil cases.