UNITED NATIONS – More than 2 million children under the age of 15 are living with HIV, almost all in sub-Saharan Africa where there is no access to treatment and death almost certain, seven leading child advocacy organizations said. “We are failing children,” said Dean Hirsch, chairman of the Global …

As the nation kicks off Hurricane Preparedness Week, FOXNews.com talks to two disaster recovery experts to find out how to guarantee that you and your business are ready to weather any storm. This is the first installment of a five part series offering answers from Tom Serio, director of business …

BUCKEYE LAKE, Ohio – A tour bus carrying high school students crossed a highway median and struck a car, killing the car’s driver and injuring seven students on the bus, authorities said Thursday. Investigators have not determined how the bus driver lost control around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, said Highway Patrol …

JERUSALEM – Palestinian militants claimed Tuesday they had sent a barrage of floating barrels filled with explosives toward Israel’s beaches to avenge the killing of a Hamas leader in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. Police cordoned off beaches, ordered surfers out of the water and deployed robotic bomb squads along …

RICHMOND, Va. – Steve Carell sprained his ankle while shooting a scene for “Evan Almighty,” the sequel to 2003’s “Bruce Almighty,” Universal Pictures said Monday. Carell hurt his ankle Saturday while stepping out of a Hummer in downtown Richmond, spokesperson Carol McConnaughey told The Associated Press. The 42-year-old actor, who …

LOS ANGELES – Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union are asking the FBI to reveal any surveillance of Muslims in Southern California since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Using the Freedom of Information Act, the ACLU filed the request for documents Monday on behalf of six Islamic organizations and …

WASHINGTON – Questionable deductions on three years of R. David Paulison‘s tax returns threw an unexpected hitch into his Senate confirmation to become permanent chief of the nation’s disaster response agency, just days before hurricane season starts. A spokesman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Paulison planned to file …

BATAVIA, N.Y. – Please don’t squeeze the Charmin. And don’t dump it on the highway, either. Crews on the New York State Thruway spent hours cleaning up the mess caused when a truck full of toilet paper caught fire. It happened about 40 miles east of Buffalo. The driver of …

NEW YORK – User-driven sites such as MySpace.com can help advertisers reach coveted youths as long as the marketers are willing to break free from traditional approaches, a MySpace executive said Friday. Rather than blasting a generic message, marketers could tie their pitch “to why kids are there in the …

BEIJING – Cleanup crews in northern China were scrambling Thursday to absorb 60 tons of toxic coal tar accidentally dumped into a river before it reaches a reservoir serving 10 million people, state media said. The incident occurred Monday when a truck carrying the coal tar fell into the Dasha …