A person of interest in his wife's disappearance set his home on fire, killing himself and his two sons, police say. Just prior, he had e-mailed his lawyer.
Front-runner Mitt Romney's criticisms suggest he's concerned that the conservative Rick Santorum could perform well in this week's GOP presidential contests.
Mexico's conservative ruling party has picked a former education secretary as its nominee for the nation's top job. If she wins, she will become Mexico's first female president.
The United States has moved to block assets of Iran's government and financial institutions, saying they had engaged in "deceptive practices," President Barack Obama's administration announced Monday.
Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has been stripped of his 2010 title and retroactively banned from cycling for two years following Monday's ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
A 23-year-old man prosecutors say fatally stabbed four homeless men in California will be charged Monday in connection with two other crimes: the brutal killings of a mother and son.
A Los Angeles elementary school at the center of two child abuse cases will be closed for two days this week as the investigations continue, officials said.
The trial of a University of Virginia lacrosse player who is accused of fatally beating his ex-girlfriend, also a lacrosse player, is expected to begin Monday.
A man identified as the lone "person of interest" in the disappearance of his wife was killed with his two sons in a blast at his Washington home Sunday, a sheriff's spokesman said.
After world leaders decried the U.N. Security Council's failure to pass a resolution on Syria, reports of violence surged once again in the besieged country.
