POLAND-GAY-MAYOR WARSAW, Poland - Voters in Poland have elected the country's first openly gay mayor, a sign of growing tolerance for gays and lesbians in a country that has long been defined by...

Five St. Louis Rams players entered the football field with their hands raised. A day later, Americans walked out of work or school showing the same gesture of solidarity with Ferguson protesters...

Austrian police investigating a grenade blast were less puzzled by the explosion and more by where it took place - inside a wood stove that appeared to contain nothing but firewood. The woman who...

Peggy Young sued United Parcel Service for discriminating against pregnant women. She lost two rounds in lower courts, but the Supreme Court will hear her case Wednesday. The 42-year-old Young...

Robert Biedron already made history once in Poland by becoming the first openly gay lawmaker in parliament in 2011. On Monday, he celebrated another first, becoming the country's first openly gay...

Five members of the French president's private staff are being transferred amid questions over who took recent photos in a gossip magazine purporting to show Hollande with a French actress inside the...

Russia's ruble hit a new all-time low on Monday, dropping more than 4 percent as declining oil prices and the conflict in eastern Ukraine weigh on the country's economy. The Russian currency...

FERGUSON FERGUSON, Missouri - The Ferguson police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown has resigned.  MEXICO-SEIZED BUSES TIXTLA, Mexico - The disappearance of 43...

Donald Tusk becomes the second full-time president of the European Council on Monday. Tusk, who was democratic Poland's longest-serving prime minister before resigning in September just short of seven...

Pro-democracy protesters clashed with police as they tried to surround Hong Kong government headquarters late Sunday, stepping up their movement for genuine democratic reforms after camping out on the...