Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was found alive by Iraqi police and U.S. forces who arrived at the scene of the bombing raid near Baqouba, a U.S. official told FOX News on Friday. “Zarqawi was alive when U.S. forces arrived on the site,” Maj. Gen. William Caldwell …

HONOLULU – America’s newest national monument boasts crystalline blue water, unspoiled islands with white sand beaches and vast reefs teeming with marine life, including 7,000 species found nowhere else on Earth. But unlike Mount Rushmore or the Statue of Liberty, the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands will never be a place visitors …

DETROIT – Higher gas prices cut into demand for sport utility vehicles and trucks in May, depressing U.S. market share for the Big Three Detroit-based automakers and prompting production cuts at General Motors Corp. (GM) and Ford Motor Co. (F). GM, the world’s largest automaker, posted a 16 percent slide …

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled against two foreign suspects Wednesday who argued an international treaty required police to inform them that they had a right to contact their governments when they were arrested. By a 6-3 vote, justices did not decide whether a 1969 treaty signed by the United …

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Five policemen were killed and four were missing after suspected militants attacked a vehicle checkpoint early Monday on a highway leading to southern Afghanistan’s main city, a highway officer said. The 2 a.m. attack was on a checkpoint in Zabul province outside the city of Qalat on …

SALT LAKE CITY – A prosecutor is considering postponing or dropping cases against eight residents of a polygamous community charged with sex offenses involving marriages to underage girls because he is having trouble locating witnesses. The cases involve members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, …

Stocks or bonds? Coffee or tea? John or Paul? We’re all different – that’s why they make vanilla and chocolate ice cream. Different strokes for different folks. One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. The choices we make reflect our biases. For instance, some people take more risks with their …

BOSTON – A blitz by federal agents during the last three weeks captured nearly 2,100 illegal immigrants across the country in raids targeting child molesters, violent gang members and past deportees who re-entered the country. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials credited the roundup to a network of 35 fugitive …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israeli aircraft fired missiles at militants who were on their way to launch rockets at Israel from the northern Gaza Strip, the army said. Two rocket launchers affiliated with the ruling Hamas party were killed, the militant group and hospital officials said. Three other militants …

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Veterinarians removed a dead 330-pound calf from the womb of an Asian elephant stalled in labor for four days in a rare surgery at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. Zoo staff were walking Romani around in the elephant barn about 30 minutes after the four-hour surgery Thursday to …