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Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:55pm

(AP) — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:49pm

(AP) — Authorities in St. Paul say they've recovered the body of a child missing since a rockslide killed a classmate and left two others injured at a park along the Mississippi River.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:48pm

(AP) — A Ukrainian court on Thursday banned what would have been Ukraine's first-ever gay pride demonstration, upholding a suit by city authorities, who argued the rally would disturb annual Kiev Day celebrations and could spark violence.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:46pm

(AP) — World Health Organization officials said Thursday that their probe into the deadly new coronavirus that has now claimed 22 lives is being delayed because of a dispute over the ownership rights to a sample.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:46pm

(AP) — The economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Obama appears generally unaffected either way.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:44pm

(AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed Thursday that security must go hand-in-hand with development in Congo's troubled eastern city of Goma, arriving just hours after a rebel group halted fighting to allow the visit to proceed.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:43pm

(AP) — Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had been part of previous investigations by security services, a British official said Thursday, as investigators searched several locations and tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider plot to instill terror on the streets of London.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:42pm

(AP) — The eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered nine months ago after a salmonella outbreak is making nut butter again.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:41pm

(AP) — An older brother was being questioned Thursday in the deaths of two Utah boys found by their mother when she returned home, police said.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:40pm

(AP) — La Scala has reduced the number of operas it will stage during the 2013-14 season due to Italy's economic crisis, the theater's general manager said Thursday.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:39pm

(AP) — An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:36pm

(AP) — Investors recovered their poise by midday Thursday after an early sell-off sent stocks sharply lower.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:35pm

(AP) — However Anthony Weiner does when the polls close, he's certain to add drama to the most competitive New York City mayor's race in more than a decade.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:33pm

(AP) — The head of the European golf tour has apologized for using the term "colored" during a live television interview in which he was reacting to the spat between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:26pm

(AP) — Anthony Weiner set out to reintroduce himself to voters Thursday as he embarked on a mayoral bid after leaving Congress in a sexting scandal, and he got a supportive reception in his first campaign stop.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:23pm

(AP) — U.S. sales of new homes rose in April and nearly matched the fastest pace in five years, driving the median price to a record high. The gains suggest the housing recovery is strengthening.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:19pm

Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:18pm

(AP) — Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:16pm

(AP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:10pm

(AP) — A Milan appeals court has explained why it upheld Silvia Berlusconi's tax fraud conviction, saying the politician illegally purchased the rights to broadcast U.S. movies on his private TV network, then falsely declared the payments to avoid taxes.