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A senior operative of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula wanted for his role in the USS Cole bombing was killed by an airstrike in Yemen, Yemeni officials said.

There has been a great deal of austerity-bashing -- that is to say Germany-bashing -- this French election season. Buoyed by his success in the first round, Socialist candidate Francois Hollande declared last Thursday: "It is not for Germany to decide for the rest of Europe." Vowing to reset Europe on a growth path, he said, "we're not just any country, we can change the situation."

The last of 11 people facing felony hazing charges tied to a Florida A&M University band member's death turned themselves in on Sunday, four days after prosecutors announced the charges, the state said.

George Lindsey, the actor who portrayed the country-bumpkin mechanic Goober Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show," died Sunday after a brief illness, his family said. He was 83.

Police were investigating a possible homicide at Churchill Downs on Sunday, one day after the storied Louisville racetrack hosted the Kentucky Derby.

Eddie Bracken is attending the arraignment of accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others. "It's hurtful to watch," he says. "They have no remorse."

Voters in Greece headed to the polls Sunday to take part in parliamentary elections amid wide uncertainty over what government will emerge and how it will handle the austerity crisis gripping the nation.

A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, a Western official said.

The head of a Syrian leading opposition political group arrives in China for talks Sunday as violence continues in some areas of the Middle East nation despite a cease-fire implemented last month.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. had his nose bloodied midway through the fight, but maintained his poise to remain undefeated and claim the WBA junior middleweight title from Miguel Cotto.

President-elect Francois Hollande declares his victory "a new start for Europe." France is a key player in plans to lead the eurozone out of its debt crisis, making the election vital to the region.

A Michigan man was arraigned Saturday as part of a homicide investigation into the deaths of women linked to a website that hosts ads for escort services.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed off on a bill that will prevent abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving public funds in most cases, her office said.

The National Park Service said Saturday that the National Christmas Tree located just south of the White House has died due to complications from "transplant shock."

I'll Have Another, ridden by Mario Gutierrez, charged past Bodemeister down the stretch Saturday for a dramatic win at the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby.

Scott Camil, who served as a Marine in Vietnam, says horror over soldiers' defiling of corpses in Afghanistan should lead us to question what we ask of soldiers in wartime

Fourteen people were killed in a fire at a rehabilitation center on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, the state-run Andina news agency reported Saturday.

Two bodies have been found by investigators probing the disappearance of a Tennessee mother and her three daughters, with authorities pleading Saturday for help in finding their suspected abductor -- a man they described as likely "armed and dangerous."

As president, Mitt Romney "would rubber-stamp the congressional GOP agenda," President Obama tells a crowd in Ohio. "We cannot give him that chance."

Roland Martin says Rush Limbaugh's criticism of his tweets calling out racism reflects a denial of racism in the UnitesdStates--an approach, he says, that allows bigotry to flourish