Republican front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to an easy victory in Nevada on Saturday, crushing his three remaining rivals and taking firm command of the party's volatile presidential nominating race.

The National Park Service is looking for descendants of people who received land in Alaska through the Homestead Act of 1862 The Park Service is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the law that transferred more than 270 million acres of undeveloped federal land to private ownership.

Major changes in the makeup and population of the Canadian federation will come into sharp focus next week as Statistics Canada unveils the first results of its 2011 census.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar talks with her Afghan counterpart Zalmai Rassoul during their meeting in Kabul February 1, 2012.

Police in the Cayman Islands say a 47-year-old U.S. tourist has died while scuba diving off popular North West Point in Grand Cayman.

A deadly cold snap in Europe has caused at least one lighthearted complication: a famous bronze statue-fountain in Brussels, Belgium that depicts a young boy urinating can no longer go with the flow.

About 700 soldiers from Georgia are among the latest U.S. troops headed to Afghanistan for a war that continues even after the Iraq conflict's end, leaving anxious spouses and parents who wonder why their loved ones are still fighting.

Relatives of a western Michigan hiker missing on Japan's Mount Fuji plan to join the search for him.

A rare snowfall blanketed Rome on Friday, forcing the closure of the Colosseum over fears tourists would slip on the icy ruins, and leaving buses struggling to climb the city's slushy hills.

Xi , China's vice president, will be visiting the United States this month for meetings at the White House in Washington and will travel to other cities.