MOSCOW – The Russian navy says Russian and British ships have repelled a pirate attack off Somalia in the Gulf of Aden. The navy press service says the Russian frigate Neustrashimy and the British frigate Cumberland foiled pirates who fired automatic weapons toward a Danish ship and twice tried to …

ROME – Italian police staged sweeping raids Tuesday to arrest about 90 suspected mobsters and prevent the hobbled Sicilian Mafia from forming a new command structure and strategy, authorities said. The blitz ordered by Palermo prosecutors was one of the largest in recent years and was billed as striking at …

LOS ANGELES – Snow snarled major mountain highways and even dusted Malibu on Wednesday as a cold storm hit parts of California. One person was killed by a wind-related helicopter crash, and an overflowing river on the U.S.-Mexico border led to the evacuation of nearly two dozen people, rescues of …

In recognition of its 100th anniversary, General Motors has chosen what it considers to be the 10 most important vehicles that the corporation has produced over the past one hundred years. From the 1910 Cadillac Model 30, the world’s first enclosed production car, to the ill-fated EV1 electric car of …

A Utah woman was charged with homicide in the alcohol poisoning death of a 14-year-old boy she reportedly tried to help. Authorities say that the teen, Jess “Micade” Horrocks, died because of inaction on the part of 24-year-old Candice Collard, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. Collard now could spend 15 …

The waistlines of Americans continued to expand in 37 states over the past year, with no state seeing a decrease in obesity rates, according to a report released Tuesday. More than 25 percent of adults are obese in 28 states, an increase from 19 states last year, Trust for America’s …

NEW YORK – AT&T Inc. will sell the new version of the iPhone without a service contract for $400 more than the price with a two-year plan, a break from the rules set when Apple Inc.’s popular touch-screen gadget debuted last year. Two new models of iPhones go on sale …

WASHINGTON – A new Department of Justice report says American Indian substance abuse levels are higher than those for any other demographic group, with marijuana the most widely available drug on reservations. The report, conducted by the department’s National Drug Intelligence Center, is an assessment of the threat posed from …

TAMPA, Fla. – A granite distributor in Florida expects to fetch a good price for a 400-year-old slab that he says bears an image of Jesus Christ pinned to the cross, according to local affiliate FOX 13. Click here to view the full report from MyFoxTampaBay.com. The distributor — who …

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Times fired its top editor after he rejected a management order to cut $4 million from the newsroom budget, 14 months after his predecessor was also ousted in a budget dispute, the newspaper said Sunday. James O’Shea was fired following a confrontation with Publisher …