DNC panel votes to recommend South Carolina go first in presidential nominating process

AP Election Brief | What to expect in Louisiana’s statewide primaries

Wall Street Journal reporter loses appeal in Russia and will stay in jail until the end of NovemberChinese coast guard claims to have chased away Philippine navy ship from South China Sea shoal

Canada and the Netherlands take Syria to top UN court. They accuse Damascus of widespread tortureMFA urges Singaporeans to leave Israel as soon as possible following outbreak of warRescue efforts wind down in quake-hit Afghanistan as villages bury dead

Judge makes ruling on who can claim historic shipwreck — and its valuable treasures — off Florida coastWest Maui starts reopening to tourists as thousands still displaced after wildfires: "A lot of mixed emotions"

Powerball $1.4 billion jackpot made an Iowa resident a multi millionaire

Michigan man wins $2 million from historic Powerball drawingPolice fatally shoot man who officers say charged them with knives in West Texas

A pilot is killed in a small plane crash near Eloy Municipal Airport; he was the only person aboardThousands of revelers descend on NYC for annual Santa-themed bar crawl SantaCon

Greyhound bus service returns to Mississippi’s capital cityMinnesota grocery store clerk dies after customer impales him with a golf club, police say