22 May. 20136:05 PM ET

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve took financial markets for a ride Wednesday, pushing stock prices up in the morning then sending them down in the afternoon.

22 May. 20136:04 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The head of Artemis Racing says his team will compete in the America's Cup only if conditions are deemed safe on wind-raked San Francisco Bay this summer.

22 May. 20136:04 PM ET

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — The WikiLeaks organization and a handful of journalists are asking a federal judge in Baltimore to order greater transparency in the court-martial of an Army private who has acknowledged sending reams of classified documents to the WikiLeaks website.

22 May. 20135:59 PM ET

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The U.S. and several key allies looked again Wednesday for a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts unable at the moment to stem the Assad regime's military gains and Washington still unwilling to join those providing the rebels with lethal military aid.

22 May. 20135:56 PM ET

GOMA, Congo (AP) — M23 rebels fired two rockets into the eastern Congo city of Goma, killing one person and wounding four, officials said, in an apparent spillover from three days of fighting raging north of the city.

22 May. 20135:56 PM ET

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in South Florida say a man is charged with murder because he was overheard discussing the killing when his cellphone pocket-dialed 911.

22 May. 20135:55 PM ET

PHOENIX (AP) — The focus of the Jodi Arias murder trial now turns to the jury as it decides whether to impose a life or death sentence. The process has several more steps:

22 May. 20135:54 PM ET

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's tiny island of Culebra has been forever dependent on the U.S. territory for food, jobs and health care, but the territory's governor is cutting some of those strings.

22 May. 20135:54 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system to be able to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans Affairs, but officials cautioned that it was part of a "long-term modernization" effort and would not help ease the backlog in VA disability claims.

22 May. 20135:53 PM ET

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Relatives of the victims of a nightclub fire that killed 242 people early this year in southern Brazil say little has been done to improve the safety of public gathering places since the tragedy.

22 May. 20135:52 PM ET

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities early Wednesday after he turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, officials said.

22 May. 20135:51 PM ET

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey officials have seized inventory and demanded records from 29 bars and restaurants, nearly half of them TGI Fridays, that they say sold low-quality liquor to patrons who thought they were buying premium brands.

22 May. 20135:50 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti says he's going to focus like a "laser beam" on the economy when he takes office July 1.

22 May. 20135:49 PM ET

PHOENIX (AP) — The Jodi Arias murder trial had all the ingredients of a circus the minute it started: sex and violence, a defendant more than willing to seek the spotlight, a judge who extended leniency in allowing lengthy testimony and cameras in court — and a media-savvy sheriff ready and willing to set up jailhouse interviews with his most famous inmate.