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SANFORD, Fla. — Trayvon Martin had been suspended from school for having marijuana when the unarmed teenager was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer, a family spokesman said Monday.

Trayvon, 17, was suspended by Miami-Dade County schools because traces of marijuana were found in a plastic baggie in his ...

Amnesty International says there was an "alarming" surge in the number of executions being carried out in a small number of countries last year.

SANTIAGO, Cuba (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Cuba on Monday in the footsteps of his more famous predecessor, gently pressing the island's longtime communist leaders to push through "legitimate" reforms their people desire, while also criticizing the excesses of capitalism....

SANTIAGO, Cuba (AP) -- This sun-scorched city is accustomed to playing second fiddle to Havana at the other end of Cuba. On Monday, though, Santiago came first as Pope Benedict XVI arrived, bringing the world's gaze with him....

Business and conservation groups should be able to "unite behind" revised planning rules for England, says Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The White House called North Korea the odd man out. President Barack Obama counted it back in....

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Organizers of an annual Easter egg hunt attended by hundreds of children have canceled this year's event, citing the behavior of aggressive parents who swarmed into the tiny park last year, determined that their children get an egg.

That hunt was over in seconds, to the ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday the threat of nuclear weapons remains a potent challenge for the globe to confront, telling foreign leaders that "the security of the world depends on the actions that we take."...

MPs are to debate whether the law on assisted dying needs to change to take into account recent changes to the way prosecutions are handled.

Up to 50,000 migrants may have exploited flaws in the student visa system to come and work in the UK, Whitehall's watchdog says.

Narrowly failing an Ofsted inspection is more likely to prompt an improvement in results, rather begin to begin a spiral of decline, suggest researchers.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A high-ranking monsignor who's on trial "won't run" from the Catholic Church's sex abuse crisis, his lawyer said Monday as the landmark child endangerment trial began....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The leaders of South Korea, the United States and China are opening the main day of a nuclear security summit with stark warnings about the threat of nuclear terrorism....

People who eat chocolate regularly tend to be thinner than those eating it occasionally, suggests US research looking at diet, calorie intake and body mass index.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The voices inside the Supreme Court building were not nearly as loud - or as colorful - as those along the sidewalks facing its heavy bronze doors....

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- The maker of "pink slime" suspended operations Monday at all but one plant where the beef ingredient is made, acknowledging recent public uproar over the product has cost the company business....

A group of campaigners in Shropshire call on banks to halt the closure of their rural branches.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The United States was the only Western democracy that executed prisoners last year, even as an increasing number of U.S. states are moving to abolish the death penalty, Amnesty International announced Monday....

NEW YORK (AP) -- A surge of executions last year in Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Yemen pushed the worldwide total higher than the year before, the global anti-death penalty group Amnesty International announced Monday....

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The family and supporters of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin found themselves on the defensive Monday following revelations he had been suspended for marijuana before he was shot to death by a neighborhood watch volunteer. Police also confirmed a report that the watchman claimed Martin was the aggressor, punching him in the nose and smacking his head on a sidewalk....