Muhammad Ali crafted the plan for his final tribute years ago, long before he died. On Friday, his family will honor him just like he planned, with a global celebration in his hometown. A...

A surfer whose leg was bitten off by a shark last week in waters off western Australia has died at a hospital from his injuries. The brother of 29-year-old Ben Gerring thanked the "heroes" who...

Would you accept about $2,500 from your government every month, no questions asked? Swiss voters get a choice Sunday in a referendum that, while not specifying a figure, asks if they want...

A Norwegian tanker carrying 221 migrants who survived a shipwreck Friday is expected to arrive shortly at the Italian port of Augusta on the island of Sicily. The Greek coast guard says Saturday...

President Barack Obama, who keeps a pair of boxing gloves worn by Muhammad Aliin his private study off the Oval Office, said Saturday that Ali "shook up the world and the world is...

File picture.  Police say scores of people have been injured by lightning strikes at a rock festival in western Germany. Mayen police spokesman Lars Brummer says the overall number...

Pope Francis has established legal procedures to remove bishops who botch handling sex abuse cases, saying they can be kicked out of office if the Vatican finds they were negligent in doing their...

The U.S. Navy's top admiral says the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman has begun launching airstrikes against the Islamic State group from the Mediterranean Sea. That opens a...

Moto2 rider Luis Salom died after crashing during practice for the Catalunya Grand Prix on Friday. He was 24. The death of the Spanish rider was announced at a news conference a few...

Muhammad Ali taunted opponents with razor-sharp rhymes, comical one-liners and the type of boxing braggadocio that both endeared him to and angered the masses. Ali was a loudmouth threat to the...