Posted: 12:26 PM A sheriff says gang activity caused a riot that killed a guard and injured 19 people at a privately-run prison in Mississippi that holds illegal immigrants.

Posted: 12:22 PM Dozens of Roman Catholic dioceses, schools and other institutions are suing the Obama administration over a mandate that most employers provide birth control coverage.

Updated: 12:18 PM The former Rutgers University student convicted of bias intimidation for using a webcam to see his roommate and another man kissing days before the roommate committed suicide is getting a 30-day jail term and then probation.

Posted: 12:15 PM The Supreme Court has refused to hear a Boston University student's constitutional challenge to a $675,000 penalty for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs on the Internet, but his lawyer says there's still a chance the amount could be reduced.

Posted: 12:06 PM President Barack Obama says the NATO alliance agrees on a vision for post-2014 Afghanistan and is pressing world leaders to implement that strategy following a decade of war.

Posted: 12:02 PM President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is keeping up its effort to paint Mitt Romney as a job-destroying corporate raider at Bain Capital.

Posted: 10:15 AM A new private rocket is stuck on the ground after an aborted launch.

Posted: 9:50 AM About 1,100 firefighters are battling a pair of wildfires, one in Northern Colorado and another north of Phoenix, Ariz.

Updated: 12:23 PM Days after giving birth to twins, a South Carolina mother has been hospitalized for what doctors say is a rare flesh-eating infection.

Posted: 9:39 AM A family is suing a mortuary over a body switch that resulted in a grandmother being buried in another woman's clothes in a California cemetery instead of an above-ground crypt in Nicaragua.

Posted: 8:23 AM Police in an Atlanta suburb have enlisted the help of federal agents to examine a rifle dropped by a man who was seen aiming at a school bus and left behind a notebook with bus numbers.

Posted: 7:55 AM Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family says his estranged wife inspired them with "her kindness, her love, her gentle soul and generous spirit."

Posted: 7:40 AM Researchers report that a paralyzed Massachusetts woman used her brain waves to direct a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring it to her lips for a few sips.

Posted: 7:33 AM For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.

Posted: 9:09 AM Congress is examining the security risks to passenger planes from the so-called insider threat, terrorists who quietly get at airports so they can attack from within sensitive areas.

Posted: 8:44 PM High winds are increasing the acreage of a northern Arizona wildfire but also blowing flames away from an historic mining town.

Posted: 8:39 PM 'Octomom' Nadya Suleman has failed to file the proper paperwork in her bankruptcy case, opening the door to creditors to collect debts and allowing a foreclosure to go ahead against the house she lives in.

Updated: 7:05 PM Warren Buffett's company has revealed a number of changes in its U.S. stock portfolio, including boosting its holdings in Wal-Mart and IBM and adding a new stake of 10 million General Motors shares.

Posted: 6:42 PM U.S. Roman Catholic bishops are rejecting the Obama administration's plan to accommodate faith groups that object to the birth control mandate.

Posted: 6:31 PM Rescue and recovery workers who helped in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are planning to gather at the 9/11 memorial this month to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the official end of the cleanup at ground zero.

Posted: 6:25 PM A new lawyer for O.J. Simpson is making another effort to gain the former football star's release from Nevada state prison, where he is serving nine to 33 years for kidnapping and armed robbery in a 2007 encounter with sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas.

Posted: 6:14 PM Police are searching for the newlywed husband of a woman whose body was found stabbed and clothed in the silver sequin cocktail dress she wore at her wedding reception.

Updated: 10:05 AM A new Associated Press-CNBC poll shows half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad.

Posted: 9:46 AM A former high school teacher in southwest Ohio has been charged with stealing money meant for a school prom in a cash-strapped district.

Posted: 9:56 AM Sophia is the new most popular baby name for girls, while Jacob is the top name for baby boys for the 13th straight year.