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INDIANAPOLIS -- On the outside, the metal box looks like an oversized bread container. But what’s inside could save an abandoned newborn’s life. The box is actually a newborn incubator,...

President Barack Obama said states could overhaul their laws to discourage marijuana the same way "we've been able to discourage a lot of other bad things that people do" -- like using tobacco.

India hopes to implement one of its most important reforms during this budget session. CNN's Sumnima Udas explains.

Michele Bastock, the head of buying and design at Roman, confirms the color of the dress that has everyone talking.

Yes, it's a fun caper movie. But please stop making films like this, Hollywood.

GARY -- U.S. Steel plans to close its Gary Works coke plant in May, displacing about 300 workers. It will mark the end of a coke-making era at the steel plant that once operated three coke batteries.

Khalid al-Fawwaz faces life in prison for role in the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

Recent study by rights groups says 42 percent of women surveyed had been forcibly sterilised and many abused.

Chilean government rejects ailing 14-year-old girl's social media plea for euthanasia

Parents of slain journalist James Foley say government, press need to do more to help

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito celebrated his 55th birthday by weighing in on the current controversies swirling around Japan's wartime past.

South Korean police say gunman found dead after killing 3 in 2nd shooting in 2 days

Days after discovering the illegal operation inside a healthy business, investigators have many questions, including how Arthur Mondella distributed the drugs.

It's 4 p.m., it's frigid outside, it's sunny in a way that feels obnoxious, and Carly Fiorina is descending into a beer-scented abyss. I mean, not really. But the potential 2016 contender--with a résumé the size of a p...

The United Nations high commissioner for refugees said that European countries must accept more Syrian refugees to dissuade them from making a perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea.

A wave of explosions killed a passer-by and wounded at least nine other people early Thursday morning across the Nile from Cairo, raising alarms about a pattern of attacks by diffuse groups against retail stores.

Two quick-footed llamas dashed in and out of traffic in a Phoenix-area retirement enclave before they were captured by authorities Thursday, causing a stir in the streets and on social media.

Listen to Episode 203 of Slate's The Gist:

The Centers for Disease Control is worried about an increase in the number of people contracting the potentially deadly bacteria C. difficile. C. difficile is usually found in hospitals, but a study published Wednesday i...

Jury deciding punishment for convicted murderer Jodi Arias to resume deliberations Monday

The state's sports books will offer bets on the Olympics for the first time in years

"I wish I could upvote every one of you"