Strong earnings across a range of industries are driving stocks higher in midday trading.

A jury of six men and six women was accepted by both sides on Monday for the trial of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of Michael Jackson against AEG concert promoters.

A church official says two bishops who were abducted by gunmen while traveling in northern Syria have been released.

Too young to be driving:  A 15-year-old kid caused a three-car accident yesterday north of Spokane when he couldn’t negotiate a curve because he apparently was speeding, says the State Patrol.  The kid, who had only an instructional permit, had three other teens in the car with him.

Spain's recession continued in the first three months of the year, with the economy shrinking by 0.5 percent, its seventh quarterly contraction, the Bank of Spain said Tuesday.

Loan growth and revenue from its new mortgage business helped lift Discover Financial Services' first-quarter profit by 2 percent

A Massachusetts woman has filed a lawsuit against five people she alleges illegally distributed a video of her having a sexual encounter with a Buddhist monk.

Seattle Police Chief John Diaz is reminding officers not to drink and drive.

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The Bellevue police chief has apologized to residents of a Seattle neighborhood where a Bellevue SWAT team killed a man last month while trying to arrest the robbery suspect.

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"Life of Pi" actor Suraj Sharma credits director Ang Lee with setting him on a path to continue with a career in movies.

A car bomb targeted the French Embassy in the Libyan capital early Tuesday, wounding two French guards and a Libyan teenager in an attack that President Francois Hollande denounced as an assault not only on France but all countries engaged in the fight against terrorism.

The United Nations says the economy of Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to grow a lower-than-expected 3.5 percent this year.

A man accused of plotting to derail a train in Canada with support from al-Qaida elements in Iran made a brief court appearance and was told to appear in court again next month.