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EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) -- The family of a murder victim has demanded an apology from a San Diego Superior Court judge who performed a wedding for the killer minutes after sentencing him to a lifetime in prison.     

A Moldovan dancer who was on the bridge of the stricken Costa Concordia cruise ship with Captain Francesco Schettino admits she was his lover.

Chinese police seek two suspects from Xinjiang linked to a "major incident" in Beijing, after the deadly car crash in Tiananmen Square, state media say.

SAO PAULO (AP) -- Police in Brazil's biggest city say they've detained around 90 people amid violent demonstrations over the police killing of a 17-year-old.     

We are in desperate need of documentary filmmakers at Fukushima. The Japanese government is about to pass a national censorship law clearly meant to make it impossible to know what's going on there.

Mechanics discover girl aged 15-23 months in car boot, with reports saying she may have been there since birth.

As more and more allegations that the United States has been surveilling foreign officials come to light, President Obama has sought to distance himself and his administration from the activity by claiming they knew litt...

Five dead after civilian "self-defence" groups protest against stranglehold of Knights Templar on northern state.

Undercover police are to be banned from forming sexual relationships with people they are spying on under a new code of ethics, MPs are told.

Autopsy shows Las Vegas toddler died after swallowing battery, coroner rules death accidental     

CNN's Nina Dos Santos asks the former president of ECB, Jean-Claude Trichet, where he thinks Europe's recovery stands.

Power companies are continuing work to restore supplies to thousands of homes after a storm battered Britain, but most rail companies expect to be running near normal services.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Candles and flashlights will light up the shore along the East Coast as survivors of Superstorm Sandy pay their respects to what was lost when the storm roared ashore one year ago.     

Hotels say two suspects from Xinjiang named by Chinese police following deaths caused by car driving into pedestrians.

Actor and activist Sean Penn says he does not feel Edward Snowden is a real whistleblower.

Luxury goods sales slowed by China drag as high-end consumers cut domestic purchases     

In Xijiang, home to the Miao ethnic group, villagers perform a live show in a specially created outdoor amphitheater. Tourists seem to love it, but some older residents shudder.

The island and its immigration museum welcomed the public on Monday, meeting a deadline set by its superintendent and with some damage from Hurricane Sandy still to be fixed.     

AP source: US weighs ending spying on allied heads of state; no final decision has been made     

BASSETT, Calif. (AP) -- The upper half of a woman's body was found Monday at a Los Angeles County sewage plant and investigators believe her lower half turned up two days earlier at another plant some 30 miles away, auth...

Head of Senate intelligence panel, Dianne Feinstein, says it has not been informed of spying stretching back a decade.