ROME (AP) — Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun working as missionaries in northern Cameroon were abducted before dawn Saturday in their residences by two armed groups in the western African country, Italian government and Catholic church ...

PERTH, Australia (AP) — After more than four hours flying over the vast, featureless Indian Ocean, the quick-fire banter of a New Zealand crew searching for signs of Flight 370 turns philosophical. "One of my biggest phobias," says one of the crew over the ...

Since the world community banned whaling, Japan has continued to permit its fleet to kill whales under the guise of scientific research. The International Court of Justice in the Hague Monday ordered Japan to stop whaling in the Antarctic Ocean. Japan says it ...

For the past decade, dinosaur scientists have been puzzling over a set of fossil bones they variously describe as weird and bizarre. Now they've figured out what animal they belonged to: a bird-like creature they're calling "the chicken from Hell." There are two ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pizza delivery man who fed stars at the Oscars received a best tip award for a supporting player: $1,000 in cash handed over by ceremony host Ellen DeGeneres. That included money collected from A-list celebrities who chowed ...