The e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university will undoubtedly raise questions about the actions ...

An explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern China traps 139 miners underground, report state media.

It’s a measure of Oprah Winfrey’s outsize stature that the news that she would shut down “The Oprah Winfrey Show” ...

For girls, the season’s hottest toy is a set of fake hamsters; for boys, a series of battle cards and ...

When an Atlanta hospital closed its dialysis unit, many illegal immigrants had to scramble to find treatment.

The successful operation of the the Large Hadron Collider marked the resumption of a $9 billion quest to investigate the ...

After spending $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since 2003, the U.S. is concerned that Iraqis won’t be ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said flu activity was declining in all regions of the country.

Test preparation companies are now catering to a new demographic: youngsters who may well watch Big Bird and Elmo the ...

Officials from six countries and the European Union expressed disappointment that Iran had not accepted a deal to export most ...

If it survives an appeal, the verdict late Thursday would be the nation’s largest award of damages to an individual ...

The Chinese government has held an American oil geologist on suspicion of stealing state secrets for nearly two years, prompting ...

A variety of economists say that economic stimulus legislation is helping an economy in free fall a year ago to ...

Health officials on Friday reported a slight decrease in H1N1 flu activity nationwide.

A South Carolina legislative committee will convene to begin preliminary impeachment proceedings against Gov. Mark Sanford, according to the chairman ...

The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs.

Smashing! Cern's particle cruncher finally restarts

German law enforcement officials arrested 17 on Friday in connection with what was described as the biggest match-fixing scandal yet ...

A woman accused of cutting a Wal-Mart line and striking police officers reached a plea deal after taking the stand ...

Any Hershey offer would need to be at least $17 billion and would break from the financial conservatism that has ...