The Venezuelan government initiated a new charge against a private television broadcaster and said that 29 additional radio stations would soon be closed, the latest move in what critics call a ...

Bush administration officials Monday expressed doubt about an economist's column published over the weekend saying the war in Iraq will cost the United States more than $3 trillion. That number "seems ...

Narrow passage of a sweeping health care bill by the House of Representatives portends a continuing difficult fight for President Obama and fellow Democrats to get a bill through the Senate and into ...

Researchers are working on new, faster ways to diagnosis bird flu and other dangerous influenza strains before they can erupt into a full-fledged pandemic. Avian flu, or H5N1, does not spread easily ...

During his two months in power, Cuban President Raul Castro has implemented a series of changes affecting life in Cuba in a variety of ways. Cubans who can afford it can now use cell phones, stay in ...

The British military marked a grim milestone Friday as the number of troops killed in Afghanistan surpassed the death toll in Iraq. An especially bloody 10 days in Afghanistan's troubled Helmand ...

Paul Grayhek, 52, listed the rock formation he dubbed the "Hand of God Rock Wall" on the online auction Web site eBay. The highest bid was $250 early Sunday, with three days left to go in the auction.

Youssif, the 5-year-old burned Iraqi boy, rounded the corner at Universal Studios when suddenly the little boy hero met his favorite superhero. Spider-Man was right smack dab in front of him, riding a ...

Barack Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has died following a bout with cancer, Obama and his sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, said Monday. She was 86. At a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, Monday night ...