GENEVA — The United States and other countries that used torture in the war on terror seriously damaged respect for basic human rights, an international panel of legal e...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Investigators began gathering pieces of the incinerated wreckage of a commuter airliner early Saturday in search of clues to the cause of the fiery crash...
ATLANTA — There has been another rollover in the grand prize for the Mega Millions multistate lottery — to $103 million.
The rollover occurred because no player matched ...
WASHINGTON — Handing the new administration a big win, the House today passed President Barack Obama's $787 billion plan to resuscitate the economy.
The bill was passed ...
ISLAMABAD — Dozens of followers of Pakistan's top Taliban leader were in a compound when a suspected U.S. missile attack hit Saturday, killing 27 militants in an al-Qaid...
TOKYO — The U.N. climate chief today praised President Barack Obama's pledge to tackle global warming and expressed hope that the U.S. policy shift would boost chances f...
CLARENCE, N.Y. — A Continental commuter plane coming in for a landing nose-dived into a house in suburban Buffalo, sparking a fiery explosion that killed all 49 people a...
MOSCOW — The crash of two satellites has generated an estimated tens of thousands of pieces of space junk that could circle Earth and threaten other satellites for the n...
WASHINGTON — JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. are halting home foreclosures while the Obama administration develops its plans to help the U.S. housing market.
JP...
NEW YORK — Investors are placing bets on an improvement in the economy after key lawmakers announced an agreement this afternoon on a $789 billion economic stimulus plan...
