BEIJING — As measured by China’s state-run media, the country’s leadership transition is already well underway. Vice President Xi Jinping , who will move up to Communist Party general secretary later this year and president of China in 2013, has app...

An organizer of the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is criticizing plans to remove an inscription from the monument.

* Woods vaults into contention with six-birdie 67 * Trails by four shots going into Sunday's final round (Adds quotes, detail) Feb 11 (Reuters) - Tiger Woods evoked memories of hisglory days with a blistering run of six birdies in eight holesas he ch...

A storm developing off the East Coast will probably bring 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) of snow to New York and Boston over the weekend, the National Weather Service said.

Marlies Schild of Austria won her sixth World Cup slalom of the season Saturday after overall leader Lindsey Vonn and defending champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch crashed out in the opening run on the windy Pyrenees course.

Speaking before an audience of Republican activists Saturday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal blasted the Obama administration over its response to the 2010 BP oil spill in the gulf, saying Obama officials “wasted precious time while that oil was coming ...

Phil Pressey scored 19 points and four of No. 4 Missouri's season-best 14 3-pointers, helping the Tigers pull away in the second half of a 72-57 victory over No. 6 Baylor on Saturday.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya has demanded that Niger extradite Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi, warning that his call for Libyans to prepare for a "coming uprising" threatened ties between the two countries, Libyan News Agency LANA said on Saturday. As Liby...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - His university classmates may be thriving in law school, at brokerage houses and on the early rungs up the corporate ladder, but Jeremy Lin is blazing a trail as the sudden savior of the New York Knicks. The point guard from Har...

Poorly armed but determined forces in Syria's rebellious cities resist regime's tanks and artillery.