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The stock markets may be sinking, but the price of gold is on the rise — it topped $1,700 an ounce Monday. The spike in gold is a sign that nervous investors think there's nowhere else safe to put their money, economists say.

Imagine racing over a frozen lake on a wind-powered sled, hitting speeds that top 40 miles an hour. That's what ice sailors all around the world do just about anywhere water freezes. In the U.S., Lake Champlain has emerged as one of the country's best ice sailing venues.

In New York, residents of Buffalo are still in shock over a racially motivated mass shooting at a supermarket. Ten African Americans were shot to death, and three people were wounded.

A Colorado man is attempting to push a peanut with his nose all the way to the 14,115-foot summit of Pikes Peak.

The top news in Ukraine isn't President Trump's call to their president. Ukrainians are focused on their president's decision to jump-start the peace process with Russia — without U.S. backing.

Three different space probes have gathered evidence that the top layer of the moon's surface contains hidden stores of water. The moon is generally thought to be a dry place, and the discovery comes as an unexpected — and exciting — surprise for researchers.

The U.S. criminal justice system typically pits the defense against the prosecution. But defense lawyers for poor clients will get a hand from their usual adversaries when the Justice Department launches the Access to Justice initiative. A top constitutional lawyer is taking a leave of absence from Harvard to spearhead the project.

Over the past year, top warlords from Colombia's once-fearsome paramilitary movement have been extradited to the United States on drug-trafficking charges. But some Colombians — and the country's high court — say those extraditions are preventing them from testifying about atrocities at home.

Top executives from four of the biggest banks that got federal bailouts are likely to face tough questions Wednesday from a commission charged by Congress to do the most thorough investigation yet into the causes of the financial crisis. "There's a need for accountability and responsibility," says Phil Angelides, the panel's chairman.

Two high-ranking Los Angeles police officers have been reassigned to positions of lesser authority in the wake of last week's clash at an immigration rally in MacArthur Park. LAPD Chief William Bratton has also taken 60 members of the department's elite Metro Unit off the street, pending an investigation of their actions at the rally.