In a rambling press conference during the UN conference on nuclear nonproliferation, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed that most countries support Iran's nuclear program.
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has already led to a 10-day shutdown of fishing off parts of the Louisiana coast. New Orleans restaurants are coping, but they're also planning for worse to come.
Some 300,000 teachers and others might lose their jobs this year as administrators make difficult school cuts. One union launched a campaign on National Teacher Day to highlight the issue.
AP - Seized from a plane about to fly to the Middle East, a Pakistan-born man admitted training to make bombs at a terrorism camp in his native land before he rigged an SUV with a homemade device to explode in Times Square, authorities said Tuesday.
AP - Voters in North Carolina and Ohio kept their incumbents and those in Indiana turned to an old Capitol Hill hand — Republican Dan Coats — in Tuesday's primaries despite the nation's bottom-barrel support for Congress and frustration with the Washington establishment.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is heading for Beijing Tuesday night after spending two days touring around the northeast Chinese port city of Dalian. In his rare trip outside the reclusive nation Kim surprised the hordes of international media, normally accustomed to chasing after his secretive schedule, by making his appearance public this time.
• Attorney general: Suspect admits role • Faisal Shahzad worked as financial analyst • Charges filed; calls from Pakistan alleged • Source: Dad is ex-Pakistan military official • Pakistan raid linked to Times Square bomb
Airspace over Ireland will reopen Tuesday afternoon after ash from an Icelandic volcano forced a six-hour shutdown, the Irish Aviation Authority announced.