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What Elon Musk's long-awaited travel device might look like

Controversial tactic allows cops to search anyone they deem suspicious.

Visitors staying at a resort near Walt Disney World were rushed to safety overnight after a nearly 50-foot wide sinkhole swallowed part of the building in which they were staying. No one was injured. Around 20 people wer...

One of the world's foremost collections of phallic art resides in a Manhattan apartment. But if you feel a little skittish about visiting yourself, not to worry: Narratively photographer Kyria Abrahams will take you on a...

Car sharing is a growing trend in the U.S., but in Europe it has drawn particular interest with many players jumping into the market, including manufacturers like and BMW.

A woman, believed to be armed, was shot multiple times Monday morning by Broward Sheriff's Office deputies, the agency said.

Notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger won't fight to keep $822,000 that was found stashed in the walls of his Santa Monica, Calif., when he was finally arrested in 2011. But he wants to keep a Stanley Cup ring ...

In Hollywood, aircraft films fly high, despite their frequent depiction of crashes and accidents

BEIRUT (AP) -- The head of the military wing of the main Western-backed Syrian opposition group has visited rebels in an embattled coastal province that is a stronghold of President Bashar Assad's Alawite sect.

Families of many fallen Afghan security forces report neglect by Kabul's political leadership, further deepening the divide between the country's poor and the political elites

Officials say the lack of certainty about the effectiveness of recent drone strikes in Yemen, where the American embassy remained closed, is a sobering reminder of the limitations of American power in the Middle East.

John Grisham, best known as a prolific writer of legal thrillers, penned an op-ed in the New York Times this weekend taking up the case of the Guantánamo Bay prisoners who could soon find themselves transferred back to ...

LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) -- Police say an instructor at a central Ohio gun safety class has accidentally shot a student.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A look at federal prisons, by the numbers:

After decades waiting for this day, for a verdict that would convict the man who wrought so much havoc in their lives, relatives of the victims of James "Whitey" Bulger today experienced a mix of emotions after a federal...

Mention South By Southwest to any tech entrepreneur or wannabe head of a tech start-up and they'll quickly associate with the annual music, film, and interactive conference and festival that draws about 30,000 people to ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy says he's pleased that Attorney General Eric Holder is calling for a review of mandatory minimum sentences for some drug crimes.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A federal judge has ordered two landlords to pay more than $100,000 for discriminating against prospective tenants on the basis of their race, federal prosecutors said Monday.

A deli owner who has had to endure abortion protests targeting a nearby Planned Parenthood clinic has closed his restaurant. Mike Fink, owner of Mike's Restaurant, blamed the protesters for driving off diners, as well as...

Against all odds, hip hop--the genre that seemed, for those who came of age in the 1980s or 90s, to have been handed down from the heavens to exasperate or frighten your Baby Boomer parents--has grown up.

Judge: White former manager can't sue Paula Deen, brother for racial discrimination

US Attorney Carmen Ortiz said today's conviction of James J. ``Whitey'' Bulger for particpating in the murders of 11 people should comfort some of the families whose lives he shattered during a reign of terror abetted by...