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Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:25pm

(AP) — Wrestling's governing body hopes rule changes designed to make matches more exciting and easier to understand will get the sport back in the Olympics.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:23pm

(AP) — First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:22pm

(AP) — David Beckham has been named Paris Saint-Germain's captain for Saturday's French League game, his final home match before retiring.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:21pm

(AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down and will instead "face the storm," raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:17pm

(AP) — Authorities in hazardous materials suits are searching an apartment in downtown Spokane, Wash., as they investigate the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:14pm

(AP) — France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:09pm

(AP) — Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 2:55pm

(AP) — It's all about the odds.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 2:54pm

(AP) — Syrian state TV says a powerful explosion has hit the nation's capital, causing an unknown number of casualties.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 2:52pm

(AP) — Russia's Sergey Karjakin won the €100,000 ($130,000) Norway chess championship on Saturday after drawing against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 2:46pm

(AP) — Pope Francis toured St. Peter's Square to greet tens of thousands of people attending a rally of prayer, music and speeches Saturday, and he embraced the brother of a Pakistani politician who was assassinated in his country after calling for greater religious freedom for Christians there.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 2:35pm

(AP) — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 2:27pm

(AP) — Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi, but no casualties were reported.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 2:18pm

(AP) — The Indiana Pacers won't know until Saturday night whether point guard George Hill will start in Game 6 against New York.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 1:46pm

(AP) — In 1948, Suleiman Mamoudi fled by foot with his parents and other families from their village of Bir el-Sabae in Palestine. The 28-year-old and his family walked west for several hundred miles, crossing the Sinai Peninsula before settling in an area around 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Cairo.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 1:44pm

(AP) — Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 1:44pm

(AP) — The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 1:38pm

(AP) — Part of an airliner carrying more than 130 people caught fire as it was landing in Moscow, and passengers evacuated the plane by jumping off one of its wings and shooting down an evacuation slide.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 1:32pm

(AP) — A militia leader accused of grave crimes during Ivory Coast's 2010-11 postelection violence was taken into custody Saturday not far from the national park where his forces had been illegally occupying in the country's volatile western region, officials said.

Posted on May 18, 2013 at 1:21pm

(AP) — The San Diego Chargers have agreed to a two-year deal with star pass rusher Dwight Freeney that could be worth $13.35 million.