China says it was forced to veto a United Nations vote on Syria because it was called before differences in the proposal were bridged but says it wants to play a constructive role in ending violence there.

In a story Feb. 5 about the deaths of two filmmakers in an Australian helicopter crash, The Associated Press reported erroneously the location of the crash. Nowra is 97 miles (156 kilometers) south of Sydney, not north.

For decades, tourists visiting this popular Adirondack village could gape at the skeletons of soldiers from nearby French and Indian War sites. Then in 1993, a somber reburial ceremony was held to finally put the remains to rest.

An Iranian government-affiliated agency has banned dolls of the Simpsons cartoon characters, who join Barbie and others on a toy blacklist, an independent newspaper reported on Monday.

Turns out the "new" Bill Belichick looks and sounds an awful lot like the "old" one.

A three-story factory illegally set up in a residential area of an eastern Pakistani city collapsed Monday after several gas cylinders inside exploded, killing at least two people and trapping over 40 others in the rubble, officials said.

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Clint Eastwood's patriotic pep talk about "halftime in America" might just as well have applied to NBC.

Tom Brady was one of the last ones out of the shower, perhaps hoping some extra hot water would help take the sting out of a crushing Super Bowl loss. In a nearly deserted New England Patriots locker room, he sat, wearily pulling on his boots, the pained look on his face never changing.

China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost of combatting climate change.

If you needed any more evidence that “Eli” is the root word for “elite,” there was the juxtaposition of Manning and Manningham, which sounds like a cheesy law firm but is today, in fact, a football combination for the ages.