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Tiger Woods shares the lead after round one of The Barclays, the first event of the US Tour's FedEx Cup, as he bids to earn a US Ryder Cup wildcard pick.

It's showdown day for primary races in Florida, Arizona and Alaska.

The attorney for Michael Enright, the New York City college student charged with attempted murder as a hate crime for allegedly stabbing a Muslim cab driver Tuesday, denied that his client had acted out of hatred for Muslims. "I don't believe that he has any underlying hatred or animosity towards Islam or Muslims in general," said attorney Jason Martin.

The BBC has seen a draft UN report that says crimes by the Rwandan army and allied rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo could be classified as genocide. The report details how they targeted Rwandan Hutu refugees and Congolese Hutus in DR Congo, from 1993-2003. It lists human rights violations committed by security forces from all countries involved...

The brave soldier's parents recall he was proud to save other soldiers' lives.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon condemns the murder of 72 suspected migrants in the north, believed to be linked to the ongoing drugs war.

The sham marriage trial of Mexican actress Fernanda Romero, under way in a Los Angeles federal court, offered more drama this week than the soap operas she is famous for.

Ex-US President Jimmy Carter secures the release of an American, Aijalon Mahli Gomes, sentenced to hard labour for illegally entering North Korea.

Michael Knight lived those harrowing images so many remember from Hurricane Katrina: the waters rising and rising, people trapped in their homes racing to their rooftops, crawling through windows to escape Katrina's wrath.