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WASHINGTON – Arizona Sen. John McCain (search) privately urged fellow Republicans Tuesday to compromise with Democrats over President Bush’s stalled judicial nominees, but Majority Leader Bill Frist countered by asking which of the controversial appeals court candidates should be jettisoned as part of a deal, according to officials familiar with …

DETROIT – Linda Rose (search) says she spent three hours crouched in the corner of a concrete cell at the Saginaw County Jail (search), shivering and sobbing, after deputies stripped her of her clothes and left her naked in front of a surveillance camera. “They don’t need to strip you …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqis seeking jobs with security forces were targeted once again Thursday when a bomber with explosives strapped to his body mingled among hundreds of men and blew himself up in one of four attacks that killed 26 people. The attacks are part of a surge of violence …

EUGENE, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have found that high doses of vitamin C (search) might counteract some of the negative effects of smoking on unborn babies. The researchers say their findings don’t mean it’s OK for pregnant women to smoke, but the results could lead …

JERUSALEM – Israel on Wednesday froze the planned handover of West Bank (search) towns to the Palestinians, accusing Palestinian security forces of failing to honor commitments to disarm militants in areas already under their control. In the West Bank, two Palestinian youths were shot dead by Israeli soldiers. The developments …

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration said Monday it would bring a trade case alleging the European Union is providing illegal subsidies to Airbus (search), the major competitor to U.S.-based Boeing Co. (BA). U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman said the administration had decided to proceed with a case before the World …

UNITED NATIONS – The world’s nuclear tensions, distilled into words on paper, threatened on Wednesday to wreck a conference to strengthen the nonproliferation treaty, as diplomats labored on into the monthlong meeting’s final days. One of three committees ended its closed-door work with no recommendations to forward, in part because …

LOS ANGELES, Chile – Forty-one soldiers lost in a “snow tsunami” on the peaks of the Andes (search) are “most probably dead,” the army’s top commander said Friday as survivors spoke tearfully of leaving behind comrades too exhausted to make it out of the blizzard. The soldiers — 40 young …

WASHINGTON – Zacarias Moussaoui (search) will face the penalty phase of his terrorism case starting next Jan. 9 when jury selection will begin, a federal judge decided Friday, approving a schedule proposed this week by prosecutors and Moussaoui’s lawyers. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema also approved Feb. 6 as the …

WASHINGTON – The military will resume giving the anthrax vaccine (search) to volunteers as soon as this week, Pentagon officials said Tuesday. The vaccine will be primarily given to troops who are serving in Korea, the Middle East and South Asia, the Pentagon said in a statement. It will also …