In a week that has already brought several notable deaths -- including actors Charles Durning and Jack Klugman, and singer Fontella Bass -- the U.S. mourns the passing of yet another American icon:...
Former President George H.W. Bush remains hospitalized in intensive care in a Houston after suffering what is described as a "series of setbacks," which include a stubborn fever. However,...
In the past two decades, American families have adopted around 60,000 Russian children, taking them from an orphanage system widely criticized as decrepit. However, that may soon end, and Americans...
Four volunteer firefighters and an off-duty police officer were shot after apparently being lured to an ambush when they responded to a blaze in Webster, N.Y. on Monday. Two of the firefighters died...
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition urging the United States to deport Piers Morgan, former "Apprentice" contestant who took over Larry King's timeslot on CNN and now...
We may soon have another former presidential candidate as U.S. Secretary of State. White House sources confirmed Friday that President Barack Obama will nominate five-term Sen. John F. Kerry of...
The New York Stock Exchange ended two centuries of independence on Thursday with the purchase of its parent company, NYSE Euronext, with a $8.2 billion takeover by Atlanta-based energy trader...
Reporter Richard Engel, chief foreign correspondent for NBC, escaped a kidnapping attempt in Syria Monday after a firefight between his captors and Ahrar al-Sham brigade, a Syrian rebel group. Engel...
On the heels of the deadly attack in Newtown, Conn. on Friday, as well as a plan foiled the same day in Bartlesville, Okla., news emerged Sunday of yet another threat against a school.
Police in...
Almost immediately after Friday's deadly shooting spree at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., rumors started to swirl regarding the mental state of the shooter, 20-year-old Adam Lanza....