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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- After 76 days, Gabor Rakonczay - isolated and incommunicado for nearly 50 of those after his canoe capsized - has become the first person to paddle across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to the Caribbean....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing an end-of-the-week deadline, House Republicans are running into trouble passing a bill to temporarily keep federal highway and transit aid flowing to states....

Thousands of people gather in Florida one month after an unarmed black youth was shot dead, calling for the prosecution of the man who pulled the trigger.

British aid agencies working in Niger are warning of a food crisis after severe crop failures across the impoverished country.

Colombia's armed forces kill at least 35 Farc guerrillas in the eastern Meta region, in the latest setback for the rebel group.

Officials from Tunisia's biggest party say they will not back the introduction of Islamic law, despite a vocal campaign by hardliners.

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) -- The discovery of a body believed to be that of a beloved teacher at a prestigious boarding school sent shudders of grief and anxiety through a small New England town a day after her SUV was found running with her unharmed 2-year-old boy inside....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel cut working relations with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday and will bar a U.N. team from entering Israel or the West Bank for a planned investigation of Jewish settlements, the Foreign Ministry said....

Ed Miliband has accused David Cameron of having "something to hide" in the row over donations and access to ministers.

Ed Miliband has accused David Cameron of having "something to hide" in the row over donations and access to ministers.

ISTANBUL (AP) -- Events are pushing Turkey ever closer to setting up a buffer zone in Syria to protect civilians....

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- An annual Easter egg hunt attended by hundreds of children has been canceled because of misbehavior last year. Not by the kids, but by the grown-ups....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the federal courts should decide whether a law that would allow Jerusalem-born Americans to list Israel as their birthplace on their U.S. passport passes constitutional muster....

Former captain Michael Vaughan says James Anderson will beat Sir Ian Botham's record to become England's highest Test wicket-taker.

The first day of potentially landmark oral arguments begins on the constitutionality of the sweeping health care law championed by President Obama.

US President Obama is caught on television cameras making unguarded comments to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Scotland captain Darren Fletcher discusses his health and extended break from Manchester United and international football.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court is taking up the key question in the challenge to President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul: Can the government force people to carry insurance or pay a penalty?...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court plunged into debate Monday on the fate of the Obama administration's overhaul of the nation's health care system, and the justices gave every indication they will not allow an obscure tax law to derail the case....

PARIS (AP) -- Mohamed Merah grew up in one of the toughest housing projects of Toulouse, with his mother, two brothers and two sisters. At age five, his parents split up - and he took that hard. As a youth he turned to petty crime, landing in prison twice....