Tim Reese, Assistant Director of Multimedia

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour landed safely at the Los Angeles International Airport Friday at 1p.m. after a whirlwind aerial tour around California landmarks. The flyover took Endeavour over the state Capitol, Golden Gate Bridge, Hollywood Sign...

BEIJING (AP) -- Old wounds amplified outrage over a burning territorial dispute Tuesday as thousands of Chinese protested Tokyo's purchase of islands claimed by Beijing and marked the 81st anniversary of a Japanese invasion that China has never forgotten....

American missions have been attacked in three Arab nations-- Yemen, Egypt and Libya. The spreading violence comes as outrage grows over an obscure movie made in the United States called "Innocence of Muslims" that mocked Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Crowds...

NEW YORK (AP) -- There were still the tearful messages to loved ones, clutches of photos and flowers, and moments of silence. But 11 years after Sept. 11, Americans appeared to enter a new, scaled-back chapter of collective mourning...

BEIRUT (AP) -- The Syrian regime pounded Aleppo with warplanes and artillery shelling Saturday as ground forces seeking to regain momentum in the country's largest city advanced on three neighborhoods, activists said. Aleppo -- which had been relatively quiet...

The presidential race is moving into high gear. Now that both parties have launched their respective tickets, President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney are revving up for the home stretch, campaigning Friday in battleground states. Eight years ago,...

A glimpse of daily life around the world through the lenses of photographers of the Associated Press and its member newspapers. (28 images) Follow @sacbee_theframe A child plays with a net at a alley Friday Aug. 31, 2012 in...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Mitt Romney launched his fall campaign for the White House with a rousing, remarkably personal speech to the Republican National convention and a prime-time TV audience Thursday night, August 30, 2012, proclaiming that America needs...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Hurricane Isaac sidestepped New Orleans on Wednesday, sending the worst of its howling wind and heavy rain into a cluster of rural fishing villages that had few defenses against the slow-moving storm that could bring...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Business was brisk in the Mandela shantytown on a recent night. In the glow of a weak light bulb, customers pawed through packets of powdered cocaine and marijuana priced at $5, $10, $25. Teenage...