CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery closed in fast on the international space station for a Sunday night linkup more than 200 miles above the planet.

NEW YORK - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has described the notion of “adaptation” as those initiatives designed “to reduce the vulnerability of natural and human systems against actual or expected climate change ...

Apple's iPhone may be the darling of the mobile-phone industry right now, but some users in France aren't singing its praises, claiming that the device explodes or cracks without warning.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Edgar Renteria's seventh-inning grand slam erased a three-run deficit Sunday and propelled the Giants to a dramatic 9-5 victory over Colorado, giving San Francisco a three-game series sweep and a share of the ...

MONTREAL - Carl Edwards passed Marcos Ambrose on the final turn to win the crash-filled Nationwide race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, which ended with the cars on rain tires for the second straight year.

JERSEY CITY, NJ - In a final hour of surprises, Heath Slocum delivered the biggest one Sunday at The Barclays. One week after Slocum wondered if he would even make it to the PGA Tour Playoffs, he finished off a compelling afternoon at Liberty National ...

BERLIN - With just four weeks before a national ballot, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffered heavy losses in two state legislative elections Sunday but managed to comfortably hold on to power in a third, according to exit ...

A polling station in Libreville, Gabon, on Sunday. Voters were choosing a leader to replace El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, who ruled for more than four decades.

The first official cleanup day in northeast Yakima was so successful it's extending into Monday. The Associated Press The first official cleanup day in northeast Yakima was so successful it's extending into Monday.