Shuttle astronaut Randy Bresnik has welcomed a daughter -- from space. Bresnik is aboard the international space station.

Health care reform backers won a key victory Saturday night as the Senate voted to move ahead with a floor debate on a sweeping $848 billion bill.

Students occupying an administration building at the University of California, Santa Cruz, for the past three nights expect police to start removing them by force.

More than 80 Michael Jackson collectibles, including the late pop star's famous rhinestone-studded glove from a 1983 performance, were auctioned off for $2 million.

Iran plans to launch a large aerial military exercise today to prepare for possible attack, state media said. The five-day exercise will cover a vast area, Press TV said.

A car carrying a 400-pound bomb was driven through barriers at police headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland, crashing into a building, police said Sunday.

Israeli fighter jets attacked what the country said were "terrorist sites" in Gaza in retribution for an earlier attack, the military said Sunday.

Strong winds and waves delayed rescuers trying to save dozens of passengers after a ferry sank Sunday off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing at least 25, officials said.

Security forces in Afghanistan have killed or captured more than 30 high-level militants, including many accused of participating in roadside bomb attacks, military officials said.

A prosecutor says American Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend should get life sentences if they are convicted in the death of a British student, a lawyer for the victim's family told CNN on Saturday.