ALBANY, New York – People in New York state convicted of burning crosses or defacing property with Nazi swastikas will face tougher penalties under a law signed Thursday by Gov. George Pataki. Lawyers at the New York Civil Liberties Union and a professor at the University of Denver’s Sturm College …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – A British archaeologist on Friday rejected claims that a hill in central Bosnia is a man-made structure that many local residents insist is a pyramid. Professor Anthony Harding, who is president of the European Association of Archaeologists, visited Visocica hill and said the formation was natural. “Not …

RENO, Nev. – A family court judge was shot and wounded as he stood near a third-floor courthouse window Monday, and police were looking for man suspected in a slaying across town who had appeared before the judge in a divorce case. Chuck Weller, 53, was hit in the chest …

IRVINE, Calif. – Walk into the massive air hangar and the first thing you notice is an oppressive darkness broken only by a tiny beam of light from a gumball-sized hole in the wall. Then, slowly, an upside-down image emerges on the opposite wall that is startling in its clarity …

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A pair of deadly Taliban ambushes of civilian convoys left 30 people dead, officials said Monday, as coalition and Afghan forces killed at least 11 militants in an ongoing U.S.-led offensive across southern Afghanistan. More than 10,000 coalition and Afghan troops are fanning out across four volatile …

This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” June 19, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: The top story tonight: more outrageous activity from Cindy Sheehan and …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – The chief judge declared an end to the hearing of defense witnesses in the trial of Saddam Hussein on Tuesday and said the prosecution will present its closing argument next week. The declaration came despite complaints by the defense team that it has had the freedom to …

BLOOMINGTON, Illinois – Historic preservation officials said they began negotiating with the new owner of a long-vacant home where the remains of 33 American Indians were found. Finding such a large collection of remains is unusual, officials said Tuesday, and they hope the owner will donate the bones to the …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – The U.S. military on Tuesday revealed a complex trail of evidence and tips that led to the recovery of the booby-trapped remains of two American soldiers who went missing after an attack in the volatile Sunni area south of Baghdad. But Maj. Gen. James D. Thurman, commander …

LOS ANGELES – Even in the afterlife, some celebrities remain big-time moneymakers. Elvis Presley, Albert Einstein, Kurt Cobain, Andy Warhol and Marilyn Monroe continue to earn enviable incomes from the grave, according to Forbes magazine. Presley, who died in 1977, raked in an estimated $52 million last year. Cobain, who …