ORANJESTAD, Aruba – The parents of Joran van der Sloot (search) say their son is a drug-free honors student who has nothing to do with the disappearance of missing Alabama high school student Natalee Holloway (search). “We still believe in Joran,” said his father, Paul van der Sloot. In an …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Four women were among six U.S. military personnel killed after a car bomber slammed into a U.S. convoy in Fallujah, Pentagon sources told FOX News Friday. The attack, which happened late Thursday night, targeted troops assigned to the II Marine Expeditionary Force (search), the military said. Another …

WASHINGTON – “Reprehensible” is the word used by the White House to describe remarks made by Sen. Dick Durbin (search) earlier this week comparing the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to victims of Nazis, Soviet gulags and Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge. To compare treatment by guards at Guantanamo Bay …

ATLANTA, G.A. – JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) is hoping to make credit card use even more convenient. The company’s new card, called “blink,” makes credit transactions when it is waved in front of a sensor at the point of purchase. JPMorgan Chase, America’s largest credit card company, plans to …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – A roadside bomb killed five U.S. Marines during combat operations in western Iraq, and the bodies of 21 Iraqis were found scattered in separate locations near a town close to the Syrian border considered an insurgent hotbed, officials and witnesses said Friday. The Marines were killed Thursday …

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI (search) stepped up his appeals to Orthodox Christians on Wednesday, saying a unified church could help a world “full of skepticism and doubts” to believe. Benedict acknowledged key differences but stressed areas of agreement during a Mass attended by a delegation from the spiritual …

Bill O’Reilly has some explosive tape of Denver professor Ward Churchill (search) for Wednesday night. You remember him, right? He’s the professor who teaches kids that the 9/11 victims had it coming because they were all little Eichmans sitting at their desks enslaving and inflicting genocide on the world. Well, …

JERUSALEM – Settlers in Gaza set up a makeshift outpost Monday on the rubble of buildings the military knocked down the day before, saying they were preparing to take in thousands of withdrawal resisters. Police across the country were bracing for massive traffic snarls as opponents of Israel’s Gaza Strip …

BRUSSELS, Belgium – Senior European Union (search) officials meet with U.S. President George W. Bush (search) in Washington on Monday amid uncertainty about the impact that the unprecedented crisis gripping the 25-nation bloc could have on trans-Atlantic relations. But as the delegation headed for Washington, EU capitals were just beginning …

The Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Prevention of Dementia brought researchers, scientists and doctors from around the world to Washington, D.C. Sunday, where they convened to share and discuss the latest progress being made in understanding the causes of Alzheimer’s disease and the newest discoveries and advances in the treatment …