Eric Linton

Asian shares rose to a three-month high Wednesday, supported by expectations that policymakers will soon decisively address the euro zone fiscal crisis and declining global growth.

Judith Crist, one of America's most popular movie critics for decades, died Tuesday at her New York home at age 90.

Gunman Wade Michael Page was reportedly a member of two racist bands named End Apathy and Definite Hate.

Robert Hughes, the Australian-born art critic and historian, died Monday at age 74.

President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for the Syrian rebels, U.S. sources familiar with the matter tell Reuters.

Asian shares eased Thursday as investors turned increasingly cautious with hopes of stimulus action by central banks fading ahead of a European Central Bank's meeting later in the day and after the U.S. Federal Reserve took no action a day earlier.

Syrian combat aircraft and artillery pounded Aleppo late into Tuesday night as the army battled for control of the country's biggest city, while rebel fighters said President Bashar al-Assad's forces had been forced to retreat.

Tea party-backed Republican Ted Cruz defeated Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst for the U.S. Senate nomination in a runoff primary Tuesday.

Asian shares fell Wednesday after four days of gains, as expectations of stimulus action this week by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank fade, and following signs of deepening Asian economic stress.

Syrian government troops stepped up their campaign to drive rebels out of Aleppo Monday, but rebel fighters said they were holding firm and would turn the country's largest city into the "grave of the regime."

Asian shares paused Tuesday as investors grew cautious ahead of monetary policy meetings by the European Central Bank and the U.S. Federal Reserve, with scepticism countering expectations for more stimulus steps to support fragile global economies.

The first day of the patent infringement trial between Apple and Samsung wrapped up in San Jose, Calif., with a jury in hand Monday.

The Syrian army shot to death a 3-year-old Syrian boy early Friday while firing at his parents and a dozen other refugees as they tried to cross a Jordanian border fence, Jordan's government said.

The Obama administration and officials of allied Arab and Western nations are discussing putting Syria's highest-ranking military defector at the center of a political transition, U.S. and Middle East officials say.

The Syrian government appeared to be reasserting its control over most of Damascus Tuesday after a week of heavy clashes in the capital, even as fighting reached the gates of the ancient quarter of Aleppo in the north, the country's most populous city and one largely free of conflict until recently.

Germany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg had the outlooks for their Aaa credit ratings lowered to negative Monday by Moody's Investors Service, which cited “rising uncertainty about Europe’s debt crisis.

The Department of Justice is investigating whether Pennsylvania's new voter identification law discriminates against minorities, according to a letter released on Monday.

A severe typhoon hit Hong Kong Tuesday morning, disrupting business across the financial hub, with offices and the stock market to remain closed for at least part of the morning after the city raised its highest typhoon warning overnight.

Car bombs in two towns south of Baghdad and in the Shia holy city of Najaf killed a total of 20 people on Sunday and wounded 80.

The NCAA said Sunday it will hold a news conference Monday morning to announce what were described as “corrective and punitive measures” against Penn State.

Victims and relatives visited Norway's Utoya island Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik's rampage.

Pranab Mukherjee, a veteran Cabinet finance minister backed by the ruling Congress party, was declared winner of the Indian presidential election Sunday.

Rebels seized control of parts of Syria's international borders Thursday and torched the main police headquarters in the heart of old Damascus, advancing relentlessly after the assassination of President Bashar al-Assad's closest lieutenants.

Penn State University's board of trustees has accepted the resignation of Steven Garban, the man who chaired the board when the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal broke.

U.S. officials said Thursday the suicide bomber responsible for a deadly attack on Israeli vacationers in Bulgaria was a member of a Hezbollah cell that was operating in the country and looking for such targets, backing Israel’s assertions.

Israel accused Iran of carrying out a bomb attack that killed six people on a bus carrying Israeli tourists at a Bulgarian airport Wednesday, and vowed a stern response to Iranian terror.

Asian shares rose Thursday as strong corporate profits from U.S. bellwethers allayed fears of a slowdown in earnings while the euro steadied after being hit by reported comments from German Chancellor Angela Merkel that rekindled fears about the euro zone debt crisis.

Pressed by foreign creditors to produce 11.5 billion euros in spending cuts in 2013 and 2014, Greek leaders said Wednesday they had identified areas that could be trimmed.

The Knicks will not match the Rockets' offer and Jeremy Lin will go to Houston.