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South African musician Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye is convicted of murder after driving into a group of four school children in 2010 while under the influence of drugs.

The weather pattern – which causes very high winds – was unknown in 1987 but now underpins every Met Office forecast When Danny Boyle featured weatherman Michael Fish's "no hurricane tonight" forecast in th...

The pregnant daughter of Mexico's most famous and elusive drug lord has been caught trying to use false papers to sneak into the U.S. and give birth, say officials. Alejandrina Gisselle Guzman Salazar, 31, was arrested o...

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's campaign is stepping up its efforts to ensure that U.S. servicemembers overseas are able to get their votes counted in the November elections, filing suit in Wisconsin Friday to get a five-day...

The Attorney General is expected to announce he will apply to have the original verdict in the Hillsborough inquest overturned.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A federal judge on Monday dismissed a case filed by two black men who claimed ABC's "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" discriminated against casting participants of color. U.S. District Court Judge...

The Daily Mail, which has something of a speciality in climate denial, apparently discovered this weekend that Britain's Met Office has updated its long-term global temperature series. This happened several months ago, a...

The man responsible for selecting the audience members that will grill President Obama and Mitt Romney at Tuesday's town hall debate has no idea what kind of questions the undecided voters will put to the candidates, and...

The story would not be out of place on the TV show "Homeland": the Danish petty criminal turned double agent who gets $250,000 in cash for helping the CIA ensnare one of al Qaeda's most wanted -- by finding him a wife.

Must be some tax losses in here somewhere. (Photo credit: The Eggplant) "Beta is the new alpha" is the rallying cry of a whole fleet of investment advisers. Armed with index funds and strategies like sector rotation, rel...

Mindy Kaling, Melissa McCarthy and more bucking the scale and Hollywood.

Starting next year, Cubans traveling abroad will face fewer hurdles leaving the country.

A UK computer hacker with Asperger's syndrome will hear if he is to be extradited to the US to stand trial after a 10-year fight.

On eve of second presidential debate, secretary of state is seen as trying to deflect criticism of Barack Obama Hillary Clinton has taken responsibility for the deadly security breach at the US diplomatic mission in Beng...

Police release names of 21 john suspects in Maine seaside town Zumba studio prostitution case

Brazilian police crack down on crime in some of Rio de Janeiro's most dangerous shantytowns. Shasta Darlington reports.

Police: Memphis musician B.B. Cunningham was shot to death while helping fellow security guard

A national campaign encouraging kids to befriend other kids who are different from them has come under fire from a conservative family group, which claims a pro-gay agenda is being foisted upon American children.

A pair of hikers missing since at least Friday have been found in Glacier National Park, apparently uninjured, officials said.

VideoIt’s less than two weeks before the much-anticipated Assassin’s Creed 3 hits the market and gamers – and the gaming press – are drooling over the latest chapter in the ongoing saga. Also ...

Mother Jones Washington bureau chief David Corn and The Washington Post's David Maraniss joined Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball to talk about what Barack Obama needs to do to make up for his leaden performance in the ...

There’s a consensus in the discipline of history that BLS data is political.