The unexpected death of conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia this weekend has wide-ranging implications and raises numerous complicated questions.
AMMAN/BEIRUT At least 23 civilians were killed when missiles hit three hospitals and a school in rebel-held Syrian towns on Monday, residents said, as Russian-backed Syrian troops intensified their push toward the rebel stronghold of Aleppo.
New York police are investigating an incident at a Manhattan hotel in which a woman said she was assaulted by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, although she declined to press charges, police said.
Turn up the music because one of the best awards shows of the year is finally here! After much anticipation, the 58th Annual Grammy Awards has arrived allowing the biggest names in rock, rap, Top 40, country and more to celebrate the best of the very best.
Those on the U.S. East Coast hoping for a break from the record-setting low temperatures over the weekend will get their wish. Unfortunately, that wish for warmer weather will be accompanied by snow, sleet and then rain.
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert started serving a 19-month prison sentence for bribery and obstruction of justice on Monday, becoming the first Israeli premier to be imprisoned and capping a years-long legal saga that forced ...
Russian warplanes are being blamed for carrying out what is being called a "deliberate attack" on two makeshift hospitals in northern Syria Monday that left several people killed or wounded, and at least eight staff members presumed dead.
SYDNEY - Australian law enforcement agencies discovered $900 million worth of methylamphetamine hidden in imported boxes of silicon bra inserts and art supplies in the country's largest haul of the illicit drug in its liquid form, officials said Monday.
KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a crowd of opposition supporters and briefly arrested a leading opposition candidate on Monday, raising tensions ahead of elections widely seen as close.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabwean aviation authorities impounded a U.S.-registered cargo jet, a senior official said Monday, after a dead body later believed to be a stowaway and millions of South African rand were found on board.
The University of Missouri assistant professor who has faced nationwide attention and suspension from her teaching job for a November confrontation with a student-journalist is in more hot water.
Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland is in turmoil over its leadership, with a nearly unanimous vote by faculty calling on president Simon Newman to resign by Monday morning, and some of his supporters planned a rally Monday morning to counter that.
ALBANY, N.Y. - A military author says it's time to find where scores of Maryland soldiers are buried in New York City so a monument can be erected to honor their sacrifice during the Revolutionary War's Battle of Brooklyn 240 years ago this summer ...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Onondaga County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of a 19-year-old community college student whose body was found outside in subzero cold.
LONDON Oil rose on Monday, extending a rally triggered last week by speculation that OPEC might agree to cut production to reduce a supply glut that has pushed prices to the lowest in over a decade.
LONDON World stocks rose sharply on Monday as China's central bank fixed the yuan at a much stronger rate and oil cemented recent gains, easing fears of global deflation.
LONDON The euro and yen weakened 1 percent against the dollar on Monday, with investors reversing the past week's search for traditional safe locations for capital as officials signaled they could do even more to spur the global economy.
The brakes are on, slowing the downhill ride of gas prices we have been enjoying the past several months. Unfortunately, the dropping cost of wholesale gasoline, also know as RBOB, prompted production cuts at oil refineries.
Microsoft announced a new Lumia 650 phone today, a mid-range model running Windows 10. It's more affordable than the Lumia 950 and 950 XL I reviewed recently, running only $199, but it's missing a few key features.
In just under a week, Samsung is expected to unveil two new smartphones: the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. Based on the rumors, leaked images, and purported specs that we've seen, the company will build on the total design rewrite that the Galaxy S6 ...
Ahead of Street Fighter 5's launch on February 16, reviews have started appearing online, with critics delivering their verdict on the fifth mainline entry in Capcom's beloved fighting game franchise.
Apple is recalling certain MacBook USB-C charge cables because of a design flaw. The affected MacBook charge cables were sold worldwide up to last summer.
NEW YORK Designer Diane von Furstenberg swapped the catwalk for the dance floor to present her fall collection at New York Fashion Week and sought to bridge the gap between runway and retail by offering several creations for sale straight after the show.
Leonardo DiCaprio had reason to celebrate after The Revenant ruled the BAFTA Awards Sunday night. DiCaprio took home the best actor award (and adorably thanked his mom during his acceptance speech!
Tyra Banks is sharing her first photo of her new baby boy, York, and it's OK to look at him on her Instagram. "This is the Happiest Valentine's Day of my life.
TORONTO -- So, we need to talk about the weather because that's all anyone really talked about this weekend. It was cold you see, really freaking cold.
Footage of former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice attacking this fiancee inside an Atlantic City casino elevator cost TMZ well into the six figures, according to The New Yorker.
In a recent Title IX lawsuit filed against the University of Tennessee, multiple "Jane Doe" plaintiffs alleged the university created a "hostile sexual environment" favoring student-athletes.
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Stop me if you've heard this one before: Phil Mickelson presented a brilliant display of golf for most of the week, faltered during the final round, attempted to mount a furious late comeback, then ultimately wound up as a ...
On Feb. 11, scientists announced the discovery of gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of space and time produced by the collision of two black holes about 30 times more massive than the sun.
Scientists have reconstructed what wasps see when they leave their nests, which may reveal how these insects find their way back home at the end of the day.
A staggering four billion people may be facing water scarcity. A new study shows that two out of every three people on our planet simply do not have enough water to meet their basic needs.
WASHINGTON Do not let its beauty fool you. A newly identified and exquisitely preserved flower found entombed in amber - fossilized tree sap - may have packed quite a punch.
CÚCUTA, Colombia - Margarita Rosa Barrios was six weeks pregnant when she began to feel the symptoms that every expecting mother here has come to dread: swollen eyes, aching joints, three days of fever.
To clear the doubt whether rubber turf in fields could pose a serious threat to players by raising the risk of cancer, the Obama administration has hired three federal agencies to investigate the link.
In Spanish, mosquito translates to "little gnat," but its impact on history has been far from miniscule. In just the most recent example, mosquitoes are spreading the Zika virus throughout South and Central Americas, causing an increased incidence of ...
MOSCOW/GENEVA Russia has registered its first case of a person infected with the Zika virus after a tourist contracted the disease in the Dominican Republic, Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said on Monday.
