Updated: 11:02 AM She was Britain's first female leader, a strong woman who battled her way to the top of a male-dominated political system - but don't call Margaret Thatcher a feminist.

Posted: 9:58 AM The top U.S. military commander in the Pacific says North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles represents a clear and direct threat to the United States and its allies in the region.

Posted: 9:48 AM Iran's state TV is reporting that a 6.1 magnitude earthquake has jolted a town in the country's south.

Posted: 9:47 AM Amtrak says ridership has increased in the first six months of fiscal year 2013, with ridership in March setting a record as the single best month ever in Amtrak's history.

Posted: 9:18 AM Microsoft is skewering Google again with scathing ads. The latest marketing assault says as much about the dramatic shift in the technology industry's competitive landscape as they do about the animosity between the two rivals.

Posted: 9:07 AM Testimony is set to resume in the Jodi Arias murder trial as the prosecutor works to undermine the credibility of a defense witness who he accuses of being biased.

Posted: 8:59 AM Lil Wayne, Ron Howard, Scarlett Johansson and Kim Kardashian are all on the same page when it comes to criminal justice reform.

Posted: 8:52 AM NATO says one of its aircraft has crashed in eastern Afghanistan. A local Afghan official says it was a helicopter that came down because of technical problems.

Posted: 8:47 AM North Korea is urging all foreign companies and tourists in South Korea to evacuate because it says the rival Koreas are on the eve of a nuclear war.

Posted: 8:44 AM Senate Democrats have a lunchtime meeting scheduled today to get a progress report on negotiations toward a compromise on extended background checks for firearms purchases.

Posted: 8:43 AM Parts of Colorado could get up to 20 inches of snow today, as a spring storm moves east.

Updated: 8:40 AM The British government says former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral will be held April 17.

Posted: 8:37 AM The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant says it has detected a fresh leak of radioactive water from one of the facility's storage tanks.

Posted: 8:33 AM Police in Connecticut say they arrested a man who pulled out a rifle-like BB gun as President Barack Obama's motorcade passed by him.

Updated: 11:57 AM Kentucky Derby weekend is full of parties and events in the Louisville area, but for those who want to celebrate in a nature setting, a state park 160 miles west of the action has an option.

Posted: 8:28 AM Kosair Charities and Children's Place will join multiple Louisville-area children's agencies in holding a rally to end child abuse at Louisville Slugger Field.

Updated: 8:41 AM Kentucky Derby winner Smarty Jones is featured on the 2013 Governor's Commemorative Derby poster unveiled Monday by Gov. Steve Beshear.

Updated: 3:06 PM Louisville police used tear gas and an armored car early Tuesday to calm disturbances that erupted during a celebration of the Cardinals' NCAA championship win over Michigan.

Posted: 5:17 PM A bill that would likely weaken selenium regulations in West Virginia is headed to the Senate floor for a final vote.

Updated: 4:09 PM The Walt Disney Co. says Annette Funicello, who went from Mouseketeer to beach party movie icon, has died at age 70.

Updated: 2:48 PM Global leaders expressed praise and admiration Monday for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as news spread of her death. Today's British leader, David Cameron, summed up the consensus from friend and foe alike that the Iron Lady was "a great Briton."

Updated: 9:17 AM Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died, according to confirmed reports.

Posted: 8:29 AM A Florida man is under arrest after police say he brought unregistered guns and ammunition onto the grounds of the U.S. Capitol Building.

Updated: 8:15 AM Want to journey to a grittier time in New York City's not-too-distant past?

Updated: 8:16 AM Jurors in the longest state trial in New Hampshire's history will return to the courtroom after a nearly two-week hiatus to hear closing arguments in the state's groundwater contamination case against Exxon Mobil Corp.