SAN ANTONIO – A Texas appeals court has affirmed a lower court decision that nine chimpanzees and monkeys that were brought to the Primarily Primates sanctuary in 2006 don’t have a legal right to sue. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had sought to gain legal standing for the …

Congratulations! You’re Promoted! With the looming threat of recession hanging in the air, many employees are keeping one ear fully open, listening for the proverbial next shoe to drop. You, however, may be one of the lucky ones. If you are fortunate enough to have just been handed a promotion …

JERUSALEM – Marking the 60th anniversary of Israel’s founding, President Bush on Thursday said that allowing Iran to possess nuclear weapons is a “betrayal of generations” and pledged that the United States will continue to help protect Israel’s sovereignty in the face of any and all threats. As the U.S. …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Mobs rampaged through poor suburbs of Johannesburg in a frenzy of anti-foreigner violence over the weekend, killing at least seven people, injuring dozens and forcing hundreds to seek refuge at police stations. The attacks capped a week of mounting violence that started in the sprawling township …

Kids may all scream for ice cream, but a New Jersey ice cream vendor is likely to be charged with crying wolf. In an escalating turf war in Fair Lawn, N.J., an ice cream truck driver cut himself and slashed his shirt with a knife, then called police to report …

WASHINGTON – The governing military junta in Myanmar has agreed to allow a single U.S. cargo aircraft to bring in relief supplies for victims of a devastating cyclone, Bush administration officials said Friday. White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said the United States welcomed the go-ahead to land a U.S. military …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s final visit to the Hubble Space Telescope has been delayed at least a month, until the fall, because of extra time needed to build the shuttle fuel tanks needed for the flight and a potential rescue mission. Atlantis and a crew of seven were supposed …

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Running gunbattles raged in parts of Beirut on Thursday after the leader of Hezbollah accused Lebanon’s Western-backed government of declaring war on his Shiite militant group. At least four people were killed and eight wounded in the capital. In a grim reminder of Lebanon’s devastating 1975-90 civil …

VIENNA, Austria – A fire tore through a building in southern Austria housing African asylum seekers early Thursday, prompting one immigrant to leap to his death, authorities said. Nineteen others were injured, three seriously. The blaze broke out around 7 a.m. and took firefighters two hours to extinguish, police in …

TAMPA, Fla. – A man named God was arrested Saturday near a Tampa church for selling cocaine, police said. Authorities began investigating God Lucky Howard in April, and he was arrested on Saturday. Police said he sold the cocaine to undercover detectives in his neighborhood. When officers searched his home, …