Biotech company Genentech Inc. (search) and Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG (search) said Friday that an interim analysis of clinical trial data showed that cancer treatment Avastin (search) met its primary endpoint of increasing survival rates in breast cancer patients. Genentech shares rose $9.63, or 16.4 percent, to $68.26 …

PARIS – From bells tolling at mighty Notre Dame Cathedral (search) to prayers said on an earthquake-ravaged Indonesian island, the world mourned Pope John Paul II (search) on Sunday as a beloved and admired spiritual and moral leader, a champion of peace and builder of bridges. In John Paul’s native …

ROME – More than 6,000 extra police, including snipers, bomb-disposal experts and motorcycle escorts, have been deployed to protect the crowds of faithful and world leaders converging on the Vatican to mourn Pope John Paul II (search). About 1,500 officers will be assigned to the hundreds of foreign dignitaries, including …

See you in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight … “The O’Reilly Factor” is on… More controversy over the Minuteman Project (search) volunteers who are helping patrol the U.S. border with Mexico. Their patrol efforts are paying off. So why are the editorial pages …

WASHINGTON – Black leaders on Monday accused President Bush of “playing the race card” in his pitch to sell his proposed Social Security (search) overhaul. NAACP (search) leaders Julian Bond and Dennis Courtland Hayes said Bush should focus on addressing the underlying health care reasons why blacks have a shorter …

FORT HOOD, Texas – President Bush visited soldiers at the largest U.S. military base Tuesday, marking the two-year anniversary of the end of Saddam Hussein’s regime by saying it will be remembered along with the fall of the Berlin Wall (search) as one of history’s greatest moments. Bush thanked the …

WARSAW, Poland – Poles filled churches, lit candles and gathered in Warsaw on Tuesday for a farewell Mass for John Paul II (search) in a square where he once rallied the nation against communist rule. Authorities said some 200,000 people were expected to attend the afternoon Mass on Pilsudski Square …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Nearly three months after millions of Iraqis defied insurgents and risked their lives to elect a parliament, the country is still struggling to form a new government — in large part because of infighting among Shiite (search) and Kurdish factions. Animosity and distrust left over from Saddam …

NEW YORK – A former director of the Staten Island ferry (search) pleaded guilty to negligent manslaughter in a 2003 crash that killed 11 passengers, one of the worst mass-transit disasters in city history. Patrick Ryan (search) admitted in court Friday that he chose not to implement or enforce a …

VILNIUS, Lithuania – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (search) focused the international spotlight Thursday on a former Soviet satellite state where dissidents are fighting for democratic reforms. Some observers believe Belarus (search) is poised to follow Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan in a popular uprising. Speaking in Russia earlier this week, …