Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer and biggest seller of firearms in the U.S., is dropping out of a conservative advocacy group that has been criticized for promoting "Stand...
Former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, who during the Republican primaries found himself on the blunt end of brutal attack ads paid for by a super PAC supporting his rival Mitt Romney, predicte...
The Dragon spacecraft is on its way home. Early Thursday morning, space station astronauts set the SpaceX capsule loose after a five-day visit.
Zach Wahls delivered a petition on behalf of Jennifer Tyrrell, a lesbian mom who was forced to stop volunteering for being gay.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to propose a far-reaching municipal ban on sales of large-size sugary beverages by restaurants, mobile food carts, movie theaters and delis, his administration said on W...
Mitt Romney’s record as governor of Massachusetts has been something of a taboo topic on the campaign trail, with the Republican candidate rarely discussing his years in public office, preferring to ...
George W. Bush will be back in the White House on Thursday for the official unveiling of his and former first lady Laura Bushs portraits. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will hos...
A U.S. security institute has published satellite images which it said increased concerns that Iran was trying to "destroy evidence" of suspected past research relevant for developing a nucle...
Two US tourists have been kidnapped in Egypt's Sinai peninsula by Bedouins protesting the arrest of one of their tribesmen on a drugs charge, a security official said on Thursday.
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Armed Bedouin tribesmen have kidnapped two U.S. tourists in Egypts Sinai Peninsula to demand the release of a tribesman arrested in a drugs case, Egyptian police said on T...
Hundreds of Tibetans in Lhasa have been detained by Chinese security officers after two self-immolation protests against Chinese rule over Tibet, a U.S.-broadcaster said, stoking concerns of spreadin...
A 17-year-old Texas honors student who was jailed for missing too much school because she had to work two jobs to support her siblings, refused to accept the more than $100,000 a website raised for h...
Ian Stawicki opened fire at Cafe Racer Espresso in Seattle's University District, eventually killing four people and a fifth outside the shop.
A gunman opened fire at an Indianapolis apartment complex Wednesday, fatally shooting a woman and wounding three other people before turning the gun on himself as officers confronted him, police said.
The remote Aleutian site known for two centuries as Rat Island, notorious as the first spot in Alaska despoiled by rats, has a new, more dignified name to celebrate its hard-won rodent-free status - ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About one-third of American women believe there is a broad effort under way to limit their access to reproductive services including contraception, family planning and abortion...
The cost of healthcare services is expected to rise 7.5 percent in 2013, more than three times the projected rates for inflation and economic growth, according to an industry research report released...
More patients and families are using Facebook to seek kidney donations, but it's not clear if doing do improves the chances of obtaining a donor organ, a new study finds.
A high school junior in a pickup truck sped through a red light and into dozens of teenagers who were crossing a street outside a California high school Wednesday, leaving eight people injured, three...
Colombia's FARC guerrillas freed French reporter Romeo Langlois on Wednesday, a month after taking him hostage in a firefight that showed the leftist group is still a menace despite a decade of ...
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - A bill that would ban a therapy that aims to reverse homosexuality in children and teens passed Californias Senate on Wednesday, moving the state a step closer to becoming the ...
John Paul Stevens leveled new criticism against the Supreme Court's landmark 2010 campaign finance ruling, saying it had allowed corporations to ramp up spending and non-voters to influence the ...
The remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl spun off a tornado that destroyed three homes and damaged dozens of others near the North Carolina coast Wednesday as the system sped toward the Atlantic, authori...
A high school student in a pickup truck ran into a group of teenagers who were crossing a street outside a California high school Wednesday, leaving nine people injured, and backpacks and clothing st...
Alaska wildlife biologists are warning about the dangers of moose calving season after several people were injured in the past week by protective cows, including a 6-year-old girl who was stomped by ...
Fox News Channels morning show on Wednesday twice aired a nearly 4-minute video that contrasted President Barack Obamas words with negative statistics about his administration in a format that looked...
BERLIN (Reuters) - Rocker Bruce Springsteen touched on a nerve of widespread discontent with the financiers and bankers at a Berlin concert on Wednesday, railing against them as "greedy thieves&...
High fructose corn syrup won't get a wholesome new name after all.
Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski said Wednesday he had written a personal letter to President Barack Obama urging him to do more to correct the record after Obama referred to "a Poli...
Back in 1880, Democrats tried to ride a birther controversy into the White House, hoping to offset a string of electoral defeats dating back to 1856. But they failed miserably.
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