ANADARKO, Okla. – Authorities continue to search for leads in the killing of a pastor a day after she was found inside her Pentecostal church in southwest Oklahoma. The body of Carol Daniels, 61, was found at noon on Sunday inside the Christ Holy Sanctified Church in Anadarko, a town …

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A Somali-born member of Parliament who became an internationally known opponent of fundamentalist Islam said Tuesday she will resign and leave the Netherlands after the government said she was improperly granted citizenship. Ayaan Hirsi Ali has been under police protection since a film she wrote criticizing …

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga – A magnitude 5.8 earthquake Wednesday morning disrupted a simulated tsunami warning drill on the remote South Pacific nation of Tonga, an official said. The quake rattled Tonga early Wednesday at the same time that emergency authorities on the country’s islands were broadcasting simulated alerts as part of …

LOS ANGELES – Robert Evans is headed to divorce court — again. His seventh wife, Victoria White O’Gara, filed for divorce June 16 in Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences, according to People magazine. Michael Levine, spokesman for the 75-year-old former Paramount production chief, declined comment Tuesday. The pair were married …

WASHINGTON – The House approved $2 million Wednesday for salmon fishermen suffering from a sharply curtailed fishing season because the government is more tightly limiting their catch. The money is a fraction of the $81 million West Coast lawmakers want. But frustrated over the Bush administration’s failure to declare a …

NEW YORK – Two days after arriving at ground zero to clear debris from the smoking ruins of the World Trade Center, David Miller could feel the physical effects. “I was practically blind, I was coughing, I had blisters all up and down my arms,” the National Guardsman said Sunday …

ROANOKE, Va. – Jurors who awarded $2 million to a couple whose 4-year-old son was run over and killed by a riding lawn mower said they wanted to send a message to the industry. Justin Simmons was killed in April 2004 in Daleville, north of Roanoke, when a mower operated …

NEW YORK – A man accused of wounding four people during a stabbing rampage confessed to the attacks and gave his reasons for them, a prosecutor said Thursday. Kenny Alexis, 20, was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on attempted murder, assault, robbery and attempted robbery. He entered no plea during …

SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp.’s plans to rebrand its free e-mail, instant messenger and Web search products under the name “Live” could be interpreted as a sign that MSN — the unit that previously housed those products — is a sinking ship. But John Nicol, the executive recently put in charge …

BOLIGEE, Ala. – Fires damaged or destroyed four more Baptist churches across the Alabama countryside Tuesday, less than a week after a string of five blazes that were ruled arson. Church member Johnny Archibald said smoke was pouring from Morning Star Baptist in Boligee when he arrived around daybreak. “They …