The religious connotations of sake are evident at the brewery. The big cedar-leaves ball hanging under the eaves is a symbol of a shrine for the god of sake-making. In Japan, sake is used to purify ...

SAO PAULO — (AP) — A man who failed in an attempt to break into Brazil's Supreme Court killed himself in explosions outside ...

U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar has lashed out at Mexico's failure to accept aid in the fight against drug cartels, claiming the ...

Two explosions outside Brazil’s Supreme Court killed a man and forced the justices and staff to evacuate the building in the capital of Brasilia ...

Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election that's key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his ...

Democrat Dave Min won election to a U.S. House seat representing California on Wednesday, holding a competitive district for House Democrats ...

LAS VEGAS — (AP) — Former "Dances with Wolves" actor Nathan Chasing Horse is set to stand trial early next year in Las Vegas ...

WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Arizona on Wednesday. The first-term Republican won a rematch against Democrat Kirsten Engel, whom ...

Republican Rep. Michael McCaul, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he was detained by police at an ...

SAO PAULO — (AP) — At least one explosion outside Brazil’s Supreme Court killed one person and forced the justices and staff ...

MADRID — (AP) — New storms in Spain caused school closures and train cancellations on Wednesday, two weeks after flash floods ...

TAMPA, Fla. — (AP) — A California teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday in a case involving the swatting of a Florida mosque among other institutions and individuals, federal prosecutors said. Alan W.