BEICHUAN, China – China declared three days of national mourning for earthquake victims and suspended the Olympic torch relay as the search for survivors of the disaster grew bleak Sunday. The State Council said the mourning period will start Monday and include three minutes of silence observed by citizens nationwide …

RANGOON, Burma – Burma’s military regime allowed the U.N. humanitarian chief into the devastated Irrawaddy delta for a brief tour Monday, a U.N. official said. But the United Nations said its foreign staff were still barred from the delta and described conditions there as “terrible,” with hundreds of thousands of …

YINGXIU, China – China warned Saturday that the death toll from a massive earthquake two weeks ago could take a major leap and pass 80,000, suggesting the government may be giving up hope of finding more survivors. But rescuers rushed anyway to reach 24 coal miners who officials said were …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – He’s accused of murdering two people and injuring three others in a series of machete and gun attacks. Now it appears an Alaskan man will claim he was insane. In court on behalf of Christopher Erin Rogers Jr., public defender Matt Phillips told District Court Judge John …

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – A 51-year-old man who claimed to practice Voodoo has admitted telling underage girls that if they refused to have sex with him terrible things would happen to them and their families. Hector Aviles of Yonkers pleaded guilty Thursday to second- and third-degree rape, said Janet DiFiore, …

Two weeks after a FOX News investigation showed oil-rich Saudia Arabia had donated nothing this year to help the United Nations World Food Program feed the world’s hungry, the globe’s number one oil exporter is finally opening its checkbook. The United Nations this morning told FOX that the Saudis have …

SANYA, China – Sweating, cheering Chinese stood on their chairs and waved flags as the Olympic torch relay finally started its mainland leg Sunday on the tropical island of Hainan — the first stop in what is expected to be a peaceful three-month journey to Beijing. Protests followed the torch …

A Florida teenager has been formally charged with first degree murder in the beating death of his adoptive mother with a mason’s hammer. A grand jury issued the indictment Tuesday, charging 19-year-old Antwan Anderson with the murder of 70-year-old Jeanette Anderson, the Palm Beach Post reported. Police said the teen …

Prominent evangelicals urged Christian conservatives Wednesday to support “an expansion of our concerns beyond single-issue politics,” angering some leaders on the religious right who have been closely allied with the Republican Party. In a 19-page document called “An Evangelical Manifesto,” more than 70 theologians, pastors and others said faith and …

CLEVELAND – Even by tough, urban crime standards it was a grisly attack: Up to 15 people chased a man, then kicked and beat him to death on the street. Before police arrived, one attacker urinated on the victim’s head. By the time Charles Gooden Jr., 41, took his final …