An earthquake has shaken a wide swath of Southern California but there's no word of any damage.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol says six teens have been killed in a single-vehicle accident in northeast Ohio.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush compares journalists to "crack addicts" and "heroin addicts" for asking about the 2016 presidential campaign.

President Barack Obama had a ready excuse for anyone who didn't think he was funny enough at Saturday night's Gridiron dinner: "My joke writers have been placed on furlough."

South Africa's presidency says Nelson Mandela has spent a night in the hospital after he was admitted for tests.

It's been a rough week for Justin Bieber: Getting booed for being late, struggling to breathe mid-performance and fainting backstage, then caught on camera clashing with paparazzi.

The Sportsman Channel says it's deeply saddened by the death of one of its TV hosts who traveled the world in search of big game and shared his adventures on his program "A Rifleman's Journal."

The Vatican is trying to put an end to speculation that divisions among cardinals could drag out the conclave to elect the new pope.

Ushering in the bloom of spring, it's time to set the clocks forward for daylight saving time.

Lawmakers advanced Colorado's strictest gun proposals in recent memory, during marathon debate in a state caught between a history of horrific shootings and a Western heritage where gun ownership is a daily part of life for many.

A suicide bomber on a bicycle struck outside the Afghan Defense Ministry on Saturday, one of two attacks that killed at least 18 people as U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visited the nation, officials said.

When it comes to increased hiring, lower unemployment and a rising stock market, is there credit to pass around?

Ushering in the bloom of spring, it's time to set the clocks forward for daylight saving time.

Whole Foods says all products in its North American stores will have labels disclosing whether they contain genetically modified ingredients by 2018.

A senior al-Qaida leader and son-in-law of Osama bin Laden has pleaded not guilty to plotting against Americans in his role as the terror network's spokesman.

Cardinals have set Tuesday as the start date for the conclave to elect the next pope.

John Brennan has won Senate confirmation to head the CIA after a late struggle that had more to do with presidential power to order drone strikes than with the nominee's credentials to lead the spy agency.

A spokesman for the Guantanamo Bay prison says guards used what he called "non-lethal force" to quell a disturbance in a recreation yard.

The European Union Commission fines Microsoft 561 million euro, or $733 million U.S. dollars, for breaking the terms of an earlier agreement to offer users a choice of internet browser.

Gov. Pat McCrory has signed an executive order waiving the usual vehicle size restrictions for utility trucks traveling through North Carolina to help with efforts to restore power in the wake of the Mid-Atlantic winter storm.

The federal government says its offices in the Washington, D.C., area will be closed Wednesday as the nation's capital braces for its first big snowfall of the winter.

The family of a California woman who died after a nurse at her independent living home refused to provide CPR says she chose to live in a facility without medical staff and wanted to pass away without life-prolonging intervention.

The FBI and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating a pilot's report that he spotted a small unmanned aircraft at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Women still live longer than men but a new study finds some U.S. women aren't living as long as they used to.

Hess is getting out of the gas station business and ridding itself of its energy trading and marketing businesses, as it shifts its focus further into exploration and production.