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WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Vandals have desecrated a Jewish cemetery in Poland, spraying swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans on tombstones and memorial plaques, an official said Monday....

ATLANTA (AP) -- As a fierce thunderstorm that seemed to come out of nowhere closed in, hot-air balloon pilot Edward Ristaino spotted an open field 4,000 feet below and calmly and tersely warned the five skydivers aboard the craft, "You need to get out now."...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Joel Shrum had already traveled abroad several times and had a growing interest in helping people in far-flung places, yet his parents were still surprised when he told them he planned to move to Yemen to learn Arabic....

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) -- The lawyer for the Army sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians met with his client behind bars for the first time Monday to begin building a defense and said the soldier gave a powerfully moving account of what it is like to be on the ground in Afghanistan....

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- An Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghans was cited for possessing alcohol on the beach in Florida 14 years ago....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's security and economic prosperity are at risk if America's schools don't improve, warns a task force led by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Joel Klein, the former chancellor of New York City's school system....

CENTRAL, La. (AP) -- When a nationally influential evangelical leader gathered dozens of pastors at his home church to hear from a presidential candidate, he had a simple message: Rick Santorum is one of us, and your parishioners should vote for him....

TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- A motorbike assailant opened fire with two handguns Monday in front of a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse, killing a rabbi, his two young sons and a girl. One witness described him as a man chasing small children and "looking to kill."...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is taking a tentative step toward making it easier for airlines to allow passengers to use personal electronic devices such as tablets, e-readers and music players during takeoffs and landings....

SALEM, Mass. (AP) -- Blood and lighter fluid stained her clothes and slash wounds marked her neck when Tanicia Goodwin walked to a police station, smashed a display case in the lobby and collapsed to the floor....

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- College students around Florida rallied Monday to demand the arrest of a white neighborhood watch captain who shot an unarmed black teen last month, though authorities may be hamstrung by a state law that allows people to defend themselves with deadly force....

NNEWI, Nigeria (AP) -- A town hall meeting called by Christians to discuss funeral arrangements turned into a bloodbath in northern Nigeria when members of a radical Islamist sect opened fire with assault rifles....

NNEWI, Nigeria (AP) -- A town hall meeting called by Christians to discuss funeral arrangements turned into a bloodbath in northern Nigeria when members of a radical Islamist sect opened fire with assault rifles....

NNEWI, Nigeria (AP) -- A town hall meeting called by Christians to discuss funeral arrangements turned into a bloodbath in northern Nigeria when members of a radical Islamist sect opened fire with assault rifles....

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) -- Gunmen ambushed and killed 12 police officers who had been sent to investigate the beheadings of 10 people in southern Guerrero state, Mexican authorities said Monday....

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) -- Gunmen ambushed and killed 12 police officers who had been sent to investigate the beheadings of 10 people in southern Guerrero state, Mexican authorities said Monday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is holding a private fundraiser with about 20 donors who each gave $35,800 to his re-election effort....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is holding a private fundraiser with about 20 donors who each gave $35,800 to his re-election effort....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is holding a private fundraiser with about 20 donors who each gave $35,800 to his re-election effort....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is holding a private fundraiser with about 20 donors who each gave $35,800 to his re-election effort....