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The Dominican Republic beat Puerto Rico in the final of the World Baseball Classic, 3-0. And despite some ugliness earlier in the game (see GIF below), the Puerto Ricans applauded the win by the Dominicans and eventually...

The 19-year-old is the Disney Channel's newest golden girl.

Designing a new airplane is an incredibly expensive, complicated, and long process, one that can prove wasteful if not executed properly — as Boeing's troubled Dreamliner jet has proven in recent months. In 2007, ...

Eighteen miners are trapped underground at a copper mine in western Poland, after an earthquake caused a tunnel to collapse.

As recently as 2011, Colorado Republican Rep. Mike Coffman wanted to redefine birthright citizenship to exclude children born to parents in the U.S. illegally.  But in the past few months, Coffman has undergone a comp...

Danish shipping conglomerate Maersk is building the world's biggest container ship, and the Discovery Channel is along for the voyage. To create buzz for a six episode series following the design, construction, and deliv...

Lindsay Lohan booked then released as a formality after pleading no contest in car crash case

Sanford advances to GOP runoff in House race in SC; winner to face comedian Colbert's sister

1,000-year-old Chinese bowl found for $3 at tag sale sells at NYC auction for $2.22 million

But the San Francisco startup loves smart ones that live in the cloud.

You'd think that the more we studied a mysterious species like the giant squid, the more we'd understand its unique biology and physiology. But today, researchers unveiled new genetic data on the giant squid that just ma...

Per the United Nations, today is the first International Day of Happiness, though we're not sure if that's possible on the ten-year anniversary of the war in Iraq while White House tours are suspended. The Tea Party Cauc...

VeryFirstTo.com claims this £990,000 (just shy of $1.5 million) is, fittingly, given the site's name, the very first of its kind. The price tag, based on two people traveling together, includes Mexico's ancient city o...

When 3-point specialist Ethan Wragge (RAH'-gee) is on, Creighton is almost unbeatable.

Google tops the list as the brand making the most powerful connection with consumers across the globe, according to the third annual Cultural Traction report from Added Value. 

Amazon just launched the Send to Kindle button, which clips Web content and saves it to Kindle readers and apps, for Web developers and Wordpress bloggers. The button is also now available on The Washington Post, TIME, a...

Malala Yousafzai Returns to School 5 Months After Being Shot by the Taliban

After lathering up deficits of roughly $350,000 a year over the past 15 years, Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance Gainer says it’s time to give...

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy's decision to skip the Arnold Palmer Invitational surprised the tournament host, who expressed his disappointment on Wednesday that the world number one was not at Bay Hill this ...

• Touré will leave Manchester City if no agreement, says agent• Ivorian midfielder said last month he wants to remain Manchester City are relaxed about the claim of Yaya Touré's agent that, if no agreem...

No charges will be filed against a man who posted online a photo of his young son holding what appeared to be a military-style rifle, police said Wednesday. In a moment of heightened sensitivity around guns and gun contr...

A Mexican politician wants election cancelled because rivals "lied" about her past.