MIAMI – Florida drivers can order more than 100 specialty license plates celebrating everything from manatees to the Miami Heat, but one now under consideration would be the first in the nation to explicitly promote a specific religion. The Florida Legislature is considering a specialty plate with a design that …

PHOENIX – Tucson police have arrested a 10-year-old boy who allegedly put pills in a carton of juice and tried to get two classmates to drink it. The boy was in the custody of a guardian and is charged as a juvenile with one felony count of poisoning food, drink …

MADISON, Wis. – A Tomah High School student has filed a federal lawsuit alleging his art teacher censored his drawing because it featured a cross and a biblical reference. The lawsuit alleges other students were allowed to draw “demonic” images and asks a judge to declare a class policy prohibiting …

BEIJING – China urged the International Criminal Court to rethink its arrest warrant for Sudan’s president Tuesday in a sign of Beijing’s skittishness over its already difficult relationship with the African country. China, which buys two-thirds of Sudan’s petroleum exports, has been repeatedly criticized for not using its economic leverage …

NEW YORK – Divers were resuming their search Saturday for a 16-year-old girl apparently swept away by a current while swimming near Rockaway Park beach in Queens. The U.S. Coast Guard said search crews on Friday focused on a 5-mile-wide stretch and searched for hours. Firefighters and police were on …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Honking cars, singing crowds, overflowing bars: The streets of Sarajevo were jammed with euphoric crowds early Tuesday as Bosnian Muslims celebrated the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, Bosnia’s most wanted war crimes suspect. News of the Monday evening arrest of the former Bosnian Serb leader spread throughout the …

Whether it’s detoxing your liver, colon or entire body – this diet fad has become an increasingly popular way to rid your body of toxins and lose weight. But, for a British woman – a detox diet called “The Amazing Hydration Diet” – left her brain damaged and epileptic, the …

NEW YORK – A Grammy-nominated gospel singer from New York City remains in critical condition three weeks after a car crash that killed his wife and grandson. Family members say the Rev. Timothy Wright is conscious and alert but still on a respirator at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, …

BELGRADE, Serbia – Radovan Karadzic’s secret life included a mistress, a bogus family he claimed he left behind in the United States and frequent visits to a Belgrade pub called “The Madhouse,” acquaintances said Wednesday. The former Bosnian Serb leader — arrested Monday on U.N. genocide charges after nearly a …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – A Zimbabwe prison officer used a hidden camera given to him by a British newspaper to film how he and his colleagues were forced to vote for Robert Mugabe in last month’s widely criticized presidential runoff. The Guardian posted the film on its Web site Saturday, …