A federal judge is set to consider San Francisco's new law that bans public nudity.   Public nudity activists are requesting that U.S. District Judge Edward Chen on Thursday block the...

Conrad Bain, a veteran stage and film actor who became a star in middle age as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom "Diff'rent...

What does the baby of the world's most famous Latin American singer need? Nothing, apparently.   Expectant parents Shakira and soccer star Gerard Pique of FC Barcelona are inviting...

    A Russian court on Wednesday turned down an attempt by an imprisoned Pussy Riot band member to defer serving her sentence for hooliganism until her preschool son becomes a...

An Egyptian prosecutor says ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his family paid back 18 million Egyptian pounds ($3 million) for gifts they received from a state newspaper while he was still in...

Elton John and David Furnish say they have become parents for a second time.   The couple say they are "overwhelmed with happiness" at the birth of Elijah Joseph Daniel...

Police in Zimbabwe say they have seized about four tons of marijuana aboard a truck driven from the neighboring country of Malawi, their biggest haul on record.   Police officials said...

Boeing Co.'s 787 planes were grounded for safety checks Wednesday by two major Japanese airlines after one was forced to make an emergency landing in the latest blow for the new...

    A former teacher is suing the U.S. school district where she used to work, saying administrators discriminated against her because she has a rare phobia: a fear of young...

A new Dan Brown novel is coming in May, and the subject is Dante.   Doubleday announced Tuesday that Brown's book is called "Inferno," named for Dante's epic journey in...