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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gun-rights advocates scored a victory Thursday when the Illinois Supreme Court decided to let a challenge to Cook County's assault-weapons ban proceed, even though two lower courts had tossed it out.

The high court, in a unanimous ruling, said it wants the trial court to hear ...

Fire crews have been rushed to a nuclear reactor in northern France after an escape of smoke but the energy company EDF says the site is secure.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A White House spokesman said President Barack Obama believes women should be admitted as members to the all-male Augusta National, home of the Masters golf tournament....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A White House spokesman said President Barack Obama believes women should be admitted as members to the all-male Augusta National, home of the Masters golf tournament....

Japan's coastguard rescues 11 of 17 crew members from a Hong Kong-registered cargo ship that went missing earlier this week.

SAN FERNANDO DE APURE, Venezuela (AP) -- At the blast of a whistle, a half dozen horses plunge into the Apure River and set out for the distant shore in a unique annual spectacle commemorating a historic battle....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Coca-Cola Co. has ended its membership in a conservative organization seen as the incubator for a string of new state laws on voting and a marketer of laws like Florida's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense statute....

ATLANTA (AP) -- The health care think tank created by Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has filed for bankruptcy....

VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Serial killer David Alan Gore is set to be executed sooner than he expected, in part because he could not stop bragging about raping and murdering four teenagers and two women in the Vero Beach area about 30 years ago....

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The state Senate voted Thursday voted to abolish the death penalty in Connecticut, a state that has executed only one prisoner in a half-century and is now on track to join a national trend away from capital punishment....

The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for the presidency, Khairat al-Shater, registers for the election in June.

A man is charged with stealing items from a woman who had just been killed in a road accident.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Former South Dakota senator and Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern was in good condition Thursday in a Florida hospital where he was undergoing tests, a hospital spokeswoman said....

The UN Security Council urges Syria to implement a peace plan "urgently and visibly", as Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warns the crisis is getting worse.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The state Senate voted Thursday to abolish the death penalty in Connecticut, a state that has executed only one prisoner in a half-century and is now on track to join a national trend away from capital punishment.

In an early morning vote that followed more than 10 ...

A lawsuit by media giant Viacom against Google over copyrighted videos on YouTube can be heard in court again.

OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard plans to use cannon fire to sink a derelict Japanese ship dislodged by last year's massive tsunami....

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (AP) -- Jacob Ostreicher, a New York businessman, has been confined for 10 months in one of Bolivia's most unruly prisons without being charged. He has shed more than 30 pounds, helpless to do anything as, he alleges, the multimillion-dollar rice farming venture he managed has been plundered....

Apple is investigating several issues with its new iPad's Wi-Fi connectivity, according to an internal AppleCare document unearthed by MacRumors.

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard plans to use cannon fire to sink a derelict Japanese ship dislodged by last year's massive tsunami.

The shrimping vessel, which has no lights or communications systems, was floating about 195 miles south of Sitka in the Gulf of Alaska on Thursday ...