By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Dominican legislators to find a humanitarian solution to a fiercely …

MIAMI — An American who hijacked a jetliner to Cuba decades ago is appealing the 20-year prison sentence he received after pleading guilty to U.S. …

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of federal inmates serving time for drug crimes may be eligible for early release under …

By BETH J. HARPAZ AP Travel Editor Family travel falls into three distinct phases. First, there’s the exhausting period of travel with crying babies who …

By RYAN NAKASHIMA Associated Press   LOS ANGELES — Microsoft announced the biggest layoffs in its history last Thursday, saying it will cut 18,000 jobs …

WASHINGTON – The Senate voted Wednesday to advance an election-year bill limiting tax breaks for U.S. companies that move operations overseas. But big hurdles remain. …

SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook and most other social networks are built on the premise that just about everything should be shared -except the money those …

LOS ANGELES — Coach Doc Rivers has said he’ll resign from the Los Angeles Clippers if Donald Sterling remains owner, the team’s interim CEO testified, …

JERUSALEM – Offering the first glimmer of hope for a Gaza cease-fire, the United States on Wednesday said negotiations to broker a truce between Israel …

By JONA KALLGREN KHARKIV, Ukraine — Two military aircraft carrying the first bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash left the embattled plains of …