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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The $5 billion punitive damages award against Exxon Mobil Corp. in the 1989 Valdez oil spill is excessive, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The court ordered a judge to determine a lesser amount.

DURBAN, South Africa (AP) - Delegates to the world racism conference reached an agreement Saturday on the U.N. meeting's final declaration, dealing with the contentious issues of slavery and the Middle East.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is confident Pakistan will accept a request for cooperation if President Bush decides on military action against Afghanistan, a senior official said Friday night.

JERUSALEM (AP) - It was paper clips that brought the middle school principal from a rural southeast corner of Tennessee to Israel's national Holocaust memorial on a Jerusalem hilltop.

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. intelligence agencies are collaborating on a report to detail evidence linking Osama bin Laden to last week's terror attacks, a U.S. official said. So far, the Bush administration has offered little public information that...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Leaders of the state's two biggest unions, representing more than half of the government work force, authorized a strike after a weekend of talks failed to produce a new contract.

A number of religious institutions are using a two-year-old civil rights law to fight local government officials over zoning disputes.

The bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church are set to discuss COVID-19, Critical Race Theory, and same-sex marriage, among other things, in their denomination’s major meeting this week.

While Russia's two post-Soviet presidents stayed silent, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev reflected Monday on the coup attempt that shook the USSR to pieces 10 years ago, admitting to mistakes but defending his reform efforts.

MOSCOW (AP) - While Russia's two post-Soviet presidents stayed silent, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev reflected Monday on the coup attempt that shook the USSR to pieces 10 years ago, admitting to mistakes but defending his reform efforts.

MOSCOW (AP) - While Russia's two post-Soviet presidents stayed silent, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev reflected Monday on the coup attempt that shook the USSR to pieces 10 years ago, admitting to mistakes but defending his reform efforts.

LONDON (AP) - Church bells pealed, flags stood at half-staff, and conferences, concerts and sports matches were canceled Wednesday as countries contemplated a world utterly changed by the deadly terrorist attacks on the United States.