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BOSTON – The Big Dig (search) highway tunnels under downtown Boston are structurally sound and safe for traffic despite recent leaks, the Federal Highway Administration (search) said Monday. The agency launched the investigation into the Interstate 93 (search) tunnels after water broke though a faulty wall panel in September, backing …

VATICAN CITY – On one of Pope John Paul II‘s (search) last major trips four years ago, he stood in the ancient Omayyad Mosque in Syria and appealed for Christians and Muslims to seek common ground rather than confrontation. “May the hearts of Christians and Muslims turn to one another …

SAN FRANCISCO – Golden Gate Bridge (search) officials were reevaluating security after a driver was charged with attempted murder in the shooting of a toll collector. The female toll worker was shot in the neck and chest late Saturday apparently during an attempted robbery, according to San Francisco police. She …