Hundreds of residents flee the Libyan city of Sirte as transitional authority forces observe a ceasefire in their battle for Muammar Gaddafi's birthplace.
The group Occupy Wall Street has been camped out in Manhattan’s Financial District. More than 700 protesters demonstrating against corporate greed, global warming, and social inequality were arrested Saturday after they shut down a lane of traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge.
After issuing many denials, Chris Christie still may enter the GOP presidential nomination race, several people close to him tell the AP. If he does, conservatives may not be entirely happy with his record.
The secrecy around Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s selection of Cathleen P. Black to run the city’s schools highlighted his faith in business leaders and dislike of public debate.
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart plans to offer free shipping on its Web site, a move that may create an expectation among consumers and a threat to smaller retailers.
AP - A government warplane mistakenly bombed an army position in southern Yemen, killing at least 30 soldiers and wounding many more, military and medical officials said Sunday.
AP - Protesters speaking out against corporate greed and other issues in New York City are maintaining their presence in Manhattan's Financial District even after more than 700 of them were arrested during a march on the Brooklyn Bridge.
AP - The Afghan government needs to see Pakistan make "tangible progress" on pledges to use its influence to help end the Taliban insurgency, a foreign ministry spokesman said Sunday.
The Italian appeals court hearing Amanda Knox's appeal of her murder conviction was adjourned today, sending the American student back to her jail cell for the weekend to await a verdict Monday that will either set her free or keep her in prison. When court resumes Monday a lawyer for Knox will make the last rebuttal argument followed by personal statements from Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. A verdict is expected to be delivered several hours later.
The radical cleric al Qaeda Anwar al-Awlaki, a major jihadist figure who U.S. officials say inspired several terror plots against the U.S., was killed overnight in Yemen, U.S. and Yemeni officials told ABC News.
Kenyan security forces pursue 10 Somali bandits in a high-speed boat chase, but the kidnappers get away. The woman was snatched from her holiday home in northern Kenya.
Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor charged with two counts of murder in Pakistan, faces misdemeanor assault charges in Colorado after authorities say he was involved in a fight over a parking spot.
People attending Troy Davis' funeral on Saturday vowed to continue fighting for the man they think was wrongfully executed. Davis was convicted of murdering a Savannah cop in 1989.
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