By ADEL OMRAN and LEE KEATH Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died at home in Tripoli Sunday, nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the ...

DETROIT (AP) — Popular Detroit pastor and gospel singer Marvin Winans was assaulted and carjacked Wednesday afternoon at a gas station on the city's west side. The attack happened about 3:20 p.m., and the suspects fled with an unknown amount of cash and Winans' SUV, police said. Winans, 54, told ...

Millions and millions and millions of dollars are flowing into campaigns at the state and national levels as the U.S. election sweepstakes rolls toward November. Individuals and corporations are donating to entities vast sums one observer said could be considered "decimal dust" in their circles but ...

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are finally married after dating on and off since the couple’s Harvard days. Chan, 27, who had just graduated from medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, looks lovely in an elegant sleeveless white gown with an illusion lace neckline; a ...

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want peace, contending in a pair of interviews that years of government neglect have kept the Jewish and Arab sectors irreparably divided. »Read story ...

CANNES, France — A scruffy Shia LaBeouf joined Jessica Chastain, Tom Hardy and other castmates here at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday for the world premiere of “Lawless,” their moonshine wars movie. In the Prohibition-era flick — based on Matt Bondurant’s family tale, “The Wettest ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A fourth man was arrested on a terrorism-related charge ahead of the NATO summit that gets underway here on Sunday, adding to event security concerns after the arrests of three others who police said considered targeting U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election headquarters ...

Handling adversity is a measuring stick used to define any team. And it's time to define the Miami Heat as the prohibitive favorites in the East get ready to tip it off against Indiana in Game 4 of the conference semifinals. The Pacers placed a foot firmly on the throat of the star-studded Heat on ...

BANJA LUKA , Bosnia-Herzegovina — Police say five people were killed when a small sports plane crashed in Bosnia's northwest. Mirna Soja, a spokesperson for Banja Luka police, told the AP on Sunday that the Cesna plane burst into flames on landing, killing the two pilots and three skydivers aboard ...

(Reuters) - A Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacterial infection was in critical condition at Augusta Hospital on Saturday, a hospital spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman said she could not comment on whether Aimee Copeland had undergone surgery to remove her hands and right foot, amputations ...