JERUSALEM – When Barack Obama comes to Israel this week, he’s going to find plenty of skeptics wondering whether such a foreign policy neophyte has what it takes to finally nail down a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Democratic presidential hopeful has already gotten himself into hot water over …

WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush gave U.S. Olympians a rousing White House send-off to next month’s games in Beijing, urging them Monday to “compete swifter, higher and stronger” but also be mindful they will be “ambassadors of liberty” to the people of China and elsewhere. Bush is attending the …

EDINBURG, Texas – South Texans eager to salvage what they can from waterlogged homes struck by Hurricane Dolly have another problem: The floodwaters they’re slogging through are laced with stinging fire ants, snakes and tarantulas. “You don’t want to wade in this water,” state Health Services Commissioner David Lakey said …

Experts say the chances of having twins with different skin colors is about one in a million – but it has happened again for the second time in Europe, in four months. This time, a couple from Bristol, England, welcomed a son Orlando, who inherited his mother’s Jamaican coloring, and …

BERLIN – A man tore the head off an Adolf Hitler wax figure at Madame Tussauds’ new branch in Berlin in what appeared to be a symbolic protest on the museum’s opening day Saturday, officials said. Police said the 41-year-old man shoved aside two museum employees — one of whom …

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. – A 30-year-old man has been charged with sneaking into the bedroom of a sleeping 2-year-old and stealing $20 from her piggy bank. Ryan A. Mueller, of Sheboygan Falls, was charged Thursday with burglary, after DNA evidence allegedly linked him to the Aug. 10 crime in the town …

Two teen skiers from Texas are lucky to be alive after going out-of-bounds at a Colorado ski resort and one was swept away by an avalanche. Click here for more on this story from MyFOXColorado The incident, which occurred in early January at Telluride ski resort, was captured on a …

CHICAGO – Researchers have concluded in a yet-to-be published study of the economics of prostitution in Chicago that the women claim they were forced to service police officers, worked more on holidays and varied pricing based on race. University of Chicago professor and “Freakonomics” author Steven D. Levitt and sociology …

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Chattanooga police say the 1-year-old child injured when his father flipped his speeding car has now died, and authorities plan to file charges against the father. Police spokeswoman Lt. Kim Noorbergen say the charges will be filed against 27-year-old Pierre Hereford, who police say smelled of alcohol …

KABUL – Afghanistan’s president appealed to Taliban fighters Sunday to put down their weapons and accept Afghan laws as the government and its international allies push a program to entice militants away from the insurgency. President Hamid Karzai spoke three days after he and Western backers agreed at a conference …