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One of the most acclaimed photographers of the 20th Century is being honoured with a stamp years after she left a box of her work to a neighbour.

A Frenchman has been charged with impersonating a pilot after he was found in the cockpit of a plane due to take off in Philadelphia, police say.

Forecasters say more heavy snow and high winds will continue to affect large swathes of north and mid Wales after the biggest fall for the time of year in more than three decades.

CNN's Ivan Watson has the latest details on the Israeli prime minister's surprise phone call to his Turkish counterpart.

The man involved in a high speed car chase and shootout in Texas, who police are eyeing for the murder of Colorado's prisons chief and a pizza deliveryman earlier in the week, is a paroled Colorado inmate and white supra...

You know what they say: hindsight is 20/20. But it's not until you've been through divorce or a tough breakup that you begin to realize how much truth that platitude actually holds. Take it from the folks on Reddit. On T...

Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) is upset with Madonna for her recent protest against the Boy Scouts' ban on gay members and leaders, calling her comments a “gratuitous shot” at the organization, the Houston Chr...

The inevitable has finally happened: the top three highest grossing mobile apps on the US iPad are from the Nordic region. And no, Angry Birds are not among them. Finland's simulation wizard Supercell is the current iPad...

As the Supreme Court gears up for two days of arguments on the definition of marriage, some of their own marriages challenge tradition too.

The statement was released by Kerry late Friday afternoon, and it came after the attorneys representing Abedini's family released a letter the Christian pastor sent to his wife describing how he was beaten and denied med...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate was poised to pass its first budget in four years on Friday, a move that will usher in a relative lull in Washington's fiscal wars until an anticipated summer showdown over raising the d...

Editor's Note: For World Water Day 2013, and in partnership with Circle of Blue, we asked some of the world’s leading experts and innovators working on issues of water scarcity, security and cooperation to w...

Being the CEO of a big bank has its perks but it doesn't always mean getting the biggest pay check.

On Friday, an administrative law judge at the International Trade Commission ruled that Microsoft did not violate a patent owned by Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility when it made the Xbox. This ruling is the latest in ...

U.S. states may have passed a flood of abortion restrictions over the past two years, but North Dakota is showing "a whole new level of extremism" right now, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards said on Friday. I...

Regardless of the lawsuit filed against them by Beechcraft, the U.S. Air Force is going full speed ahead with its order for 20 A-29 Super Tucano light air support vehicles made by Brazil's Embraer (ERJ).

I once spent about 15 minutes wandering up and down the aisles of the Superfresh grocery in Society Hill looking for a bottle of wine. No, I'm not picky. I just didn't realize that you couldn't buy wine in the Commonweal...

Mark Mardell on Obama's Middle East ambition

The mother of a 13-month-old boy says he was shot after she told a pair of muggers she had no money.

A controversial, state-sponsored pro-fossil fuels Earth Day poster contest for children has triggered a heated and divisive debate about Utah's reliance on non-renewable energy resources. The debate has revealed a much m...

Two years ago, Forbes asked: Why was telecom billionaire Najib Mikati enmeshing himself in the messy and dangerous world of Lebanese politics? Although heavily criticized by his opponents for being beholden to the powerf...

Obama warns of 'enclave for extremism' in Syria, seeks to shore up Jordan's embattled king