May 25, 20133:05 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror.

May 25, 20133:04 PM ET

DETROIT (AP) — A 76-year-old suburban Detroit man convicted of a $200 million Ponzi scheme said he's lost virtually all his eyesight and wants to be released from prison while he pursues appeals.

May 25, 20133:03 PM ET

PARIS (AP) — A French soldier was stabbed in the throat in a busy commercial district outside Paris on Saturday, and France's president said authorities are investigating any possible links with the recent slaying of a British soldier.

May 25, 20132:55 PM ET

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Saturday against parts of an election law approved by the Islamist-led legislature that had lifted a long-standing ban on the use of religious slogans during campaigning.

May 25, 20132:50 PM ET

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — 1st Sgt. Russell R. Bell was a week and a half from coming from his fourth and final deployment to Afghanistan. The U.S. Army veteran of 16½ years didn't have to head out on a foot patrol that summer day in Kandahar, but did so to help protect his "boys," the soldiers under his command.

May 25, 20132:46 PM ET

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers are rounding the final turn and heading down the backstretch of the final full week of the 2013 session.

May 25, 20132:43 PM ET

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Officers shot and killed a man they say was armed with a butcher knife Saturday, the fourth police-involved shooting in the city in as many days and the third one to result in a suspect's death.

May 25, 20132:37 PM ET

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A bill that seeks to lower Mainers' bills for electricity and heating has won a 12-1 vote of support in a legislative committee, enhancing its chances of passage by the House and Senate.

May 25, 20132:27 PM ET

NEW DELHI (AP) — Suspected Maoist rebels on Saturday attacked a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in a Maoist-infested area in eastern India, killing at least two party members and wounding and kidnapping several others.

May 25, 20132:25 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the nation must do more than just remember its fallen heroes on Memorial Day.

May 25, 20132:25 PM ET

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators are backing the Brownback administration's desires to shift services for the intellectually and developmentally disabled into the state's new managed care system, a move opposed by disability advocates.

May 25, 20132:23 PM ET

RIDGEFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut state police are investigating after Ridgefield police officers responding to an emergency report of a possible domestic dispute fatally shot a man armed with a handgun in the yard of a private home.

May 25, 20132:17 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama decided to attend a memorial service in Arizona for victims of a deadly mass shooting that severely injured then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, he needed a speech. And fast.

May 25, 20132:13 PM ET

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan.