Melissa is an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 hurricane plowing through Cuba after the storm made a historic landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Follow for ...

At least 64 people have died in a massive police raid aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, security ...

Broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough is lending his support to an appeal to raise £30 million ($40 million) to buy and a conserve a huge land estate in the UK.

Thus was born in Mullen's home the band U2 -- well, almost. The Irish teens didn't choose that name right away; after calling themselves the Hype and the Feedback, the quartet settled on U2, an ...

An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper was suspended Wednesday for five days without pay following a highly publicized scuffle with a paramedic in Okfuskee County in May, according to the Highway Patrol.

Prince Albert of Monaco gave New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani a check Tuesday for $710,000 to be contributed to the Twin Towers Relief Fund. "Today, I'm here to express on behalf of my father, my ...

As you put the finishing touches on your costume and stock up on candy for the neighborhood kids, let's take a minute to reflect on the origins of these and other Halloween traditions. 1. Who started ...

Republican calls for end to marriage-tax penalty. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Representative Pat Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania, Saturday urged President Clinton to sign a bill elimina ...

Kennedy, the youngest and last-surviving brother of a heralded Kennedy generation, was laid to rest on a hillside at Arlington National Cemetery alongside his slain brothers, the ...

John McCain's campaign said the Republican presidential hopeful has the "constitutional right" to opt out of the public election funds program. In a letter issued Monday to the chairman of the Federal ...

A veterinary pharmacy in Florida acknowledged Thursday that it incorrectly prepared medication used to treat 21 horses who all died around the time of an international polo match last weekend. The ...

And for Kobe Bryant, a prodigiously talented member of the team, the pressure is on to reproduce the form that made him the NBA's most valuable player of 2008. When he lines up for the U.S. "Dream ...