This story has been updated. The state of New York is investigating whether ExxonMobil misled the public and investors about the risks of climate change, a move sought by environmentalists that could signal a broader reckoning with the conduct of big ...
WASHINGTON - President Obama said Thursday evening that there was “a possibility” that a terrorist bomb was responsible for the destruction of a Russian passenger plane that broke apart last Saturday over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.
The "carefully staged suicide" of an Illinois police officer who authorities said made his death look like a murder may have in the process exposed his double-life as an embezzler who inquired about hiring a hit man to kill a village administrator who ...
There is a component of the Republican candidates' apparently now-scuttled complaints about the debate process that has complete validity: Polls are an odd and fluky way to determine the relegation of candidates to particular chunks of television time.
For as long as they have been in the public eye, members of he Bush family have been known for fierce loyalty, protective of one another in the face of attacks from the outside.
Boy on missing list solves the mystery of his own abduction. The story sounds like a 1990s police drama. A kid applies to college with a Social Security number that raises a flag, and then after some digging, he finds his name in a database for missing ...
Benjamin Netanyahu is looking past his fraught relationship with President Barack Obama to a more lasting concern as he visits Washington next week: rebuilding Israel's standing with American Democrats.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said he and his ruling Justice and Development Party will "liquidate" the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), leading the PKK to call off a month-long ceasefire on Thursday.
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is calling for civilian “foot soldiers” in the fight against Boko Haram, appealing to traditional hierarchies and centuries-old methods to weed out Islamist plotters.
Disney has reported rising profits due to strong theme park attendance and income from its television channels. The global media giant reported profits of $1.6bn (£1.05bn) for the period between July and September compared with $1.5bn at the same time ...
Home Secretary Theresa May has revealed the existence of an MI5 programme to collect vast amounts of data about UK phone calls - how and why was it kept secret?
A nurse who injected her mother with insulin as she lay in hospital after a fall has been found guilty of attempted murder. Julia Knight, 56, had denied trying to kill Irene Robson, 81, but admitted administering the insulin at Horton Hospital in ...
A group of four young men allegedly defrauded 18 elderly people of more than half a million pounds, the Old Bailey has heard. Vulnerable pensioners were tricked out of more than £600,000 by fake police officers in a so-called "vishing" scam, the jury ...
Unlicensed slimming pills with an estimated value of £30,000 have been seized by enforcement officers. About 23,000 pills were taken during a raid in Waterlooville, Hampshire, by officers working for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory ...
Anonymous has shared details of about 1,000 alleged Ku Klux Klan (KKK) sympathisers on the internet. It follows threats from the white supremacist KKK to use "deadly force" against those protesting about the killing of a black teenager in Missouri.
A police car has been set on fire as anti-capitalist protesters clashed with officers during a rally in London. Crowds gathered in Parliament Square, opposite Parliament, for the Million Mask March, with many wearing the "Guido" masks of the Anonymous ...
BRASILIA A dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in Brazil that is owned by Vale and BHP Billiton burst on Thursday, devastating a nearby town with mudslides and leaving officials in the remote region scrambling to assess casualties.
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Doctors Without Borders hospital was among the most brightly lit buildings in Kunduz on the night a circling American gunship destroyed it.
WASHINGTON/SYDNEY U.S. unions, lawmakers and interest groups questioned the long-awaited text of a landmark Pacific trade deal on Thursday, setting up a potentially difficult path to ratification by the United States, the biggest of the 12 partners.
BEIJING - Taiwan's president has defended this weekend's upcoming historic meeting with his Chinese counterpart, saying it would help build closer ties between the two sides, and denying it was meant to influence fast-approaching elections on the island.
KWUN CHAN KONE, Myanmar - This village at the end of a long, bumpy dirt road in the Irrawaddy Delta would seem a natural stronghold for the former generals who rule Myanmar.
(CNN) The 18-year-old freshman who stabbed four people at University of California, Merced, was apparently motivated by a personal vendetta and not any terrorist or political agenda, authorities said Thursday.
For 10 years, the group targeted mentally disabled people, luring those who were vulnerable and estranged from their families and locking them inside cabinets, basements and attics, according to prosecutors.
Adidas announced Thursday that it would offer financial support to any U.S. high school that wants to change its logo or mascot “from potentially harmful Native American imagery or symbolism.
LGBT Americans are looking for more protections, and so are religious conservatives. The challenge, legal experts say, is to find a way out of all-or-nothing politics.
Sarah Lane Toney, age 33, of Socastee was denied bond today on charges of Unlawful Neglect of a Child or Helpless Person in the case of the missing 'Baby Grace'.
NEW ORLEANS - A change-of-plea hearing has been set in federal court for a former BP engineer accused of deleting text messages related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
United Continental Holdings Inc (UAL.N) Chief Executive Oscar Munoz will return to work in the first quarter of 2016, he said Thursday, three weeks after suffering a heart attack.
Do you think Ronda Rousey, who was born in Riverside, is a good role model for young women? YES: Young women should aspire to be strong, outspoken and independent while not afraid to embrace their physical beauty.
San Jose, San Francisco, Seattle: These cities house more than the headquarters of the world's largest technology companies. They are also some of the most productive hubs in the U.S.
Thanksgiving air travel in the U.S. is expected to rise 3 percent this year with 25.3 million people hopping planes, the most crowded the skies have been since the Great Recession.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- World Animal Protection commended Panera Bread today on the company's public commitment to transition its entire egg supply, including those used in breads, pastries and other bakery items, ...
TOKYO Asian shares slipped on Friday, ahead of key U.S. employment data later in the session that was expected to add to the case for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike as early as next month.
To say the October payrolls report will be closely watched across the world would be an understatement. It'll be monumental. After Friday's release, Federal Reserve policy makers will have only one more jobs report in hand - the November data ...
Android enthusiast is enjoying the Google Cardboard, a Virtual Reality experience starting with a simple viewer anyone can build or buy, in Turin, on April 10, 2015.
Since its debut in 2006, Lytro has produced devices that leverage light-field technology, which captures information about the direction and intensity of light rays.
Earlier this year, Pebble released two new smartwatches: The Time and the Time Steel. Both feature color e-ink displays, an updated "Timeline" interface, support for voice replies, and a new accessory port that promises to increase the watch's ...
Katy Perry is the new most expensive queen of music. The 31-year-old pop star is No. 1 on Forbes' new list of the world's highest-paid women in music in 2015 with estimated annual earnings of a whopping $135 million.
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are officially official—and there are now photographs to prove it! E! News has the first pictures of the official couple walking into an after-party for the Country Music Awards, holding hands and looking incredibly ...
The most-watched program on TV Wednesday night was ABC's 2015 CMA Awards broadcast, with 13.6 million viewers. And while a couple million of those people might've been cringing at a Brad Paisley joke or two, the sold-out crowd at Nashville's ...
SANTA CLARA -- A fair-hared quarterback with running skills who was prolific in a spread system in college and started in the NFL at a young -- perhaps too young -- age?
PARIS A long season took its toll on Roger Federer on Thursday as the Swiss was knocked out of the Paris Masters following a 7-6(3) 3-6 7-6(5) third-round defeat by big serving John Isner.
If the future of Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is in doubt, the salary-cap consequences for cutting him aren't. Based on the contract extension he signed in 2013, the Lions can release him with a post-June 1 cap charge of $5.5 million in 2016 and ...
Just when it seems like things are on the upswing for female sexuality, Ronda Rousey comes in and KOs things. So many famous women out there, from Amy Schumer to Nicki Minaj to Amy Poehler to Beyonce, are all telling women to advocate for their ...
LOS ANGELES Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc's (CMG.N) food poisoning outbreak in Washington state and Oregon threatens to scare diners away from the popular burrito chain and has become fodder for one of its most vocal critics.
LONDON (Reuters) - A baby whom doctors thought almost certain to die has been cleared of a previously incurable leukemia in the first human use of an "off-the-shelf" cell therapy from Cellectis that creates designer immune cells.
Researchers have uncovered two new species of aquatic carnivores - amphibians from 278 million years ago. This discovery is revealing new evidence about the spread of life on earth.
Methane found in cow flatulence has become a major cause for concern as climate change becomes an important issue, but new research suggests kangaroos aren't as gas-free as we thought.
Praying (Image CC BY 2.0: Salvation Army USA West / https://flic.kr/p/bUTv4s). Morality is often associated with religion, but new research reveals that children from religious households are actually less generous than kids from a secular background.
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