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Officials say two boats sank in the Mediterranean, and at least 31 survivors arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa. This year has been the deadliest ever for migrants crossing the Mediterranean.

People now have until January 10 to pay for their first month of coverage through the health exchanges. But people using the federal exchange still have to get signed up by Dec. 23. Some states have pushed deadlines even later.

Heavy rains and flooding killed 30 people in Beijing, bringing the death toll from the storms in the region to at least 34. More than 80,000 people have been relocated in Beijing.

If the war in Iraq is so unpopular, why aren't more people in the streets protesting it? The war does not seem to stir the public's emotion in the same way the Vietnam conflict did. What are we seeing in the polls?

Inflation is the highest it's been in more than 30 years, imposing a financial burden on households and putting President Biden under pressure.

A modified venom from scorpions that carries a dye into the brain and makes tumors glow has cleared its latest hurdle. But will this attempt to improve brain surgery work in humans as well as animals?

This year's Golden Week celebrations mark China's Communist Party rule surpassing the longevity of the Soviet Union. But Beijing is being buffeted by an economic slowdown and dissent in Hong Kong.

Author Shani Boianjiu's debut novel draws on her own military experience to tell the story of three young women in the Israel Defense Forces. Reviewer Alan Cheuse says the book has a refreshing frankness that's initially very appealing — but its episodic nature wears thin after a while.

President Obama, declaring in Selma, Ala., that the "march is not yet over," joined other dignitaries to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and honor veterans of the civil rights movement.

People with disabilities are asking the federal government to stop state and hospital policies that they fear will ration care in favor of younger and healthier people.