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CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) -- Space shuttle Discovery soared around the Washington Monument and the White House in a salute to the nation's capital Tuesday before landing for the last time near its new museum home....

The beginning of the U.N. observer mission to Syria heralds a new phase in more than a year of upheaval across the country. But such is the polarization in Syria that most analysts see the mission as the least worst option before violence sets the agenda again.

Plans to introduce a minimum price on alcohol in England and Wales could cause a rise in counterfeit alcohol, warns the Local Government Association.

A jealous Scot who brutally murdered a teenager and her parents after she spurned his advances is jailed for at least 35 years.

One of Nasa's iconic space shuttles has made a dramatic flypast over the centre of the US capital on the way to its final resting place in a museum.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans controlling the House are eying big cuts to food stamps and would make it more difficult for illegal immigrants to claim child tax credits as they piece together legislation to cut $261 billion in the coming decade....

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's state government employment policies have not discriminated against black employees and job applicants, a judge ruled Tuesday in a case closely watched by civil rights activists.

District Judge Robert Blink issued the ruling after overseeing a trial last fall in the class-action lawsuit affecting ...

Proposals to close 29 post-primary schools in the North Eastern Board area are contained in a document leaked to the Ballymena Guardian.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner has finally endorsed Mitt Romney to be the Republican presidential nominee, saying his economic policies would help the unemployed find jobs....

A former model says she has been humiliated by staff at her doctor's surgery in East Sussex after they left a voicemail calling her an "old dog".

BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian forces renewed shelling of the central city of Homs on Monday, one day after the head of the U.N. observers' mission demanded that warring parties allow the evacuation of women, children, elderly and sick people, activists said....

A photographer from the French news agency AFP wins a Pulitzer award for his photo of an Afghan girl screaming after a suicide bomb attack in Kabul.

A former London DIY store cashier who became governor of an oil-rich Nigerian state is jailed for 13 years after admitting fraud totalling nearly £50m.

A private equity firm has bought a UK college with its own degree-awarding powers for almost £200m.

Former Conservative deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine tells the BBC the UK will join the euro "if it survives".

Scientists recorded continuing volcanic activity Tuesday in Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano, which sits just southeast of Mexico City and its more than 19 million residents.

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia handcuffed a kindergartner after the girl threw a tantrum and the police chief defended the action.

The girl's family demanded Tuesday that this central Georgia city change policy so that other children aren't treated the same way. They say the child was shaken ...

An attempt to name a north Belfast street in memory of 15 people killed in a loyalist bombing is back on the agenda, despite Unionist opposition.

A 17-year-old boy has been detained for eight years for the killing of a pensioner during the London riots.

Usain Bolt wants to "amaze" the world at London 2012 by running 9.4 seconds for the 100m and 19 seconds for the 200m.