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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. crime-fighting office said Tuesday that 2.4 million people across the globe are victims of human trafficking at any one time, and 80 percent of them are being exploited as sexual slaves....

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Sixteen pit bulls rescued from a dogfighting ring in the Philippines were euthanized Tuesday for lack of facilities to rehabilitate them and prevent them from reappearing in underground arenas....

HOUSTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court judge on Tuesday seemed to take offense to comments President Barack Obama made earlier this week in which he warned that if the Supreme Court overturned his signature health care overhaul it would amount to overreach by an "unelected" court....

HOUSTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court judge on Tuesday seemed to take offense to comments President Barack Obama made earlier this week in which he warned that if the Supreme Court overturned his signature health care overhaul it would amount to overreach by an "unelected" court....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, a U.S. expatriate renowned for her dignified portrayals of African-American and Mexican women and who was barred from her home country for political activism during the McCarthy era, has died. She was 96....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, a U.S. expatriate renowned for her dignified portrayals of African-American and Mexican women and who was barred from her home country for political activism during the McCarthy era, has died. She was 96....

MARS, Pa. (AP) -- Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum says the race for the Republican nomination is only halfway over....

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Europe is searching for something to get growth going again and pull the eurozone's heavily indebted countries out of their troubles - but with little luck....

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Europe is searching for something to get growth going again and pull the eurozone's heavily indebted countries out of their troubles - but with little luck....

DALLAS (AP) -- Tornadoes raked the Dallas area Tuesday, crumbling a wing of a nursing home, peeling roofs from dozens of homes and spiraling big-rig trailers into the air like footballs. More than a dozen injuries were reported....

DENVER (AP) -- Emergency officials told confused residents not to worry after they reported a fire on the outskirts of Denver, including at least two residents who later were found dead in their burning home, 911 calls released by officials Tuesday showed....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Donald Trump wished a transgender woman who wants to be Miss Universe good luck on Tuesday as his organization said she can vie for Canada's spot in the pageant....

HOUSTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court judge seems to have taken offense at comments President Barack Obama made this week in which he warned that if the Supreme Court overturned his signature health care overhaul it would amount to overreach by an "unelected" court....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal judge who called out President Barack Obama for saying it would be "unprecedented" for the Supreme Court to strike down a law like his administration's health care overhaul is a conservative voice on what may be the nation's most conservative appeals court....

BEIRUT (AP) -- Smoldering buildings, looted shops, smashed cars and a strong stench of death greeted U.N. observers who entered the nearly deserted Syrian town of Haffa on Thursday, a day after President Bashar Assad's forces overran it as part of a major offensive to recover rebel-controlled territories....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama wants Congress to act on bills he says will accelerate the economy. He says the country has responsibilities that are "bigger than an election."...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- A rocket carrying a top-secret payload blasted off Tuesday from the California coast....

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- The day after an embargo was placed on Mali, the soldier who led a recent coup said Tuesday that he agrees with restoring constitutional order, but first Mali's ills need to be addressed by holding a national convention which will decide on the best way forward....

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- The crowd - both men and women - cheered wildly as two Mogadishu basketball teams entered an old stadium that once bore the bloodstains of war....

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Sixteen pit bulls rescued from a dogfighting ring in the Philippines were euthanized Tuesday for lack of facilities to rehabilitate them and prevent them from reappearing in underground arenas....