DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he has authorized direct negotiations with Lebanon “as soon as possible,” as a tentative ceasefire in th...

Montezuma County commissioners voted Tuesday to reject a grant proposal that would have provided weekly take-home meals to hundreds of children during the summer. Commissioners cited concerns about co...

Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday effectively criminalized the activities of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning rights group Memorial, the latest step in an unrelenting crackdown on dissent and civil soci...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City police sergeant was sentenced Thursday to three to nine years in prison for tossing a picnic cooler full of drinks at a fleeing suspect, who then crashed his mot...

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices climbed back toward $100 per barrel on Thursday, while stock markets worldwide slow following their big gains from the day before. The S&P 500 was nearly unchanged in midday...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon reeled Thursday after the deadliest day in more than five weeks of renewed war between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, as rescue workers in Beirut found r...

Jason Schepis was at home with his kids in New Jersey watching the gold medal men's hockey game at the Olympics when he saw some of his handiwork get scattered all over the ice late in the third perio...

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball's average salary rose 3.4% on opening day to a record $5.34 million, according to a study by The Associated Press, and the New York Mets topped spending at the se...

Home-court advantage mattered big-time to Oklahoma City last season, when the Thunder won a Game 7 at home to secure the NBA title. And every Game 1 the Thunder play this season — along with every Gam...