Kevin West

A homicide investigator testified Monday that he found chaos at the scene where a sheriff's deputy claims Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin wounded him and killed his partner in a shootout two years ago.

Federal appellate judges sharply criticized a request by an Atlanta salvage company to sell artifacts recovered from the shipwreck Titanic.

Lowe's Companies Inc., the nation's second-largest home improvement retailer, said Monday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 55 percent, fueled largely by the eagerness of American consumers to invest more money in their homes.

In one of a growing number of huge computer outsourcing deals, American Express Co. will pay IBM Corp. more than $4 billion to run its information technology operations for seven years.

On its face, it was a zoning dispute

Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a bus stop in north Jerusalem late Monday, capping a day of violence in which five people were killed and two pregnant women, one Israeli and one Palestinian, were shot at roadblocks and then gave birth to healthy babies.

Authorities have concluded that a missing seven-year-old San Diego girl is dead.

Twelve Alzheimer's patients injected with an experimental vaccine are suffering serious brain inflammation.

The top 25 teams in the Collegiate Baseball poll with records through Feb. 24, point totals and previous rank.

Texas Christian joined the AP women's basketball poll for the first time Monday, coming in at No. 25 after following up a conference championship in one league with a title in another.