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Rebecca McKeown's manslaughter trial is told the doctor who examined the disabled teenager may have withheld details of a medical examination to protect her professional reputation.

HAVANA (AP) -- The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend an academic conference in San Francisco and another event, one of her associates confirmed Thursday. The decision has already drawn fire from Cuban-American politicians and on anti-Castro blogs, which argue that she is an apologist for the Communist government her family has led for decades....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service is moving ahead with plans to close dozens of mail processing centers, saying it can no longer wait for Congress to decide how to cut postal costs....

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that he is eager to attend the Olympic Games in London to support Iranian athletes but that Britain doesn't want to host him....

More from the political party of small government: Ohio Republicans AGAIN Try to Pass Unconstitutional Laws. This Time: Welfare Drug Testing:

Ohio Senate Republicans have proposed a three-county, two-year program where welfare applicants who are suspected of having a drug problem would have to submit to and pay for drug tests before receiving benefits. The Dispatch notes that Ohio is not unique: the “move appears to be part of a renewed national GOP movement to require drug testing for welfare recipients. ... revised laws have been introduced this session in about 30 states, and lawmakers in Georgia, Utah, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Louisiana have moved legislation in recent weeks.”

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The proposal to drug test welfare recipients is just the latest effort of Republican legislators to import ideological ideas from other states. But at least by bringing in ideas in from other states, we don’t have to guess that the proposals are unconstitutional. We know. We know because judges have already ruled that these efforts in other states are unconstitutional.

Trying to make money for civil rights lawyers when budgets are tight?

CROWN KING, Ariz. (AP) — Strong wind gusts likely will keep spreading a wildfire that has grown to nearly 10 square miles and prompted the evacuation of a historic Arizona mining town.

Fire incident spokeswoman Michelle Fidler said that gusts of up to 40 mph are expected Thursday in the ...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- The U.S. has plans in place to attack Iran if necessary to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, Washington's envoy to Israel said, days ahead of a crucial round of nuclear talks with Tehran....

NEW YORK (AP) -- President Obama's campaign is calling on Mitt Romney to push back harder against plans by a conservative-leaning independent group to showcase Obama's ties to his controversial pastor....

NEW YORK (AP) -- President Obama's campaign is calling on Mitt Romney to push back harder against plans by a conservative-leaning independent group to showcase Obama's ties to his controversial pastor....

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- A gunman surrendered after barricading himself inside a landmark restaurant in a standoff that closed parts of the 18th-century city's historic district for more than three hours Thursday....

Queen's visit to Cheshire and Merseyside

Ballistics tests have linked the shooting deaths of two people along roadways in Mississippi, a source who has been briefed on the investigation said Thursday.

The remaining plaintiff in the sexual battery lawsuit against John Travolta fired his lawyer, bringing an end to the case, the lawyer told CNN on Thursday.

Adele picks up two prizes at the prestigious Ivor Novello songwriting awards - but misses out on two more trophies.

Steve Watson | FAA investigating "extremely dangerous" incident.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits was unchanged last week, suggesting modest but steady gains in the job market....

FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- A man accused in a deadly series of stabbings in Michigan is a paranoid schizophrenic who had delusions that "evil forces" were directing him to hurt others, a psychiatrist testified Thursday as attorneys launched an insanity defense....

Audio captures Howard Dean's car crash during a radio interview.

CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian court on Thursday found 14 policemen not guilty in the killing of protesters during last year's popular uprising, the latest verdict in what activists claim to be a pattern of acquittals for police blamed for the deaths of hundreds of people during the revolt....

WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) -- Police in the Canadian province of Ontario say they are holding a man who is accused of swallowing a $20,000 diamond as long as it takes for him to produce the evidence....