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It was a win for Bill Cosby in court on Thursday.

The radioactive poison that killed Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was delivered in the most civilized of circumstances -- at tea time, as he sipped green tea with lemon and honey with two former spy colleagues at...

The case was described by the Supreme Court as an example of the megalomaniac behavior of India's rich

"The Pill" -- two words synonymous with birth control. But more than 50 years after oral contraceptives became commonplace, they remain an option only available to women.

Twelve U.S. Marines missing after two military helicopters collided last week off Hawaii's Oahu island have been listed as deceased, the military said on Thursday. The Coast Guard called off the search for the missing Ma...

Nearly 4,000 Brazilian babies have been born with microcephaly since October

A person familiar with the decision says the Cavaliers have fired coach David Blatt, who led the team to the NBA Finals last season. Blatt was dismissed Friday, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condit...

As he walked on a beach in the western Prince William Sound town of Whittier, seabird biologist David Irons was startled when he saw hundreds of white lumps on the black rock beach.

China's Food and Drug Administration says it found opium poppies used as illegal seasoning in 35 restaurants across the country, including a popular Beijing hot pot chain. …

The Japanese Cabinet approved Friday the lifting of sanctions on Iran, following the recent completion of a landmark deal to try to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. …

An American student from a university in Virginia is under investigation by North Korean authorities, according to state media.

It isn’t often that a judge in one country accuses the president of another -- a superpower, no less -- of participating in murder. On Thursday, however, the chairman of a lengthy UK inquiry into the 2006 poisoning of ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Two Utah men filed a lawsuit Thursday against the organizers of the wildly popular New York City Marathon, saying the lottery system used to pick entrants for it violates state law.

A former captain with Alaska Airlines has been arrested on charges of piloting a plane while under the influence of alcohol.

As President Obama announced that $80 million in aid would be available to Michigan, a regional E.P.A. official resigned and a congresswoman announced hearings on the tainted water.

One teacher's heroic actions saved his students from attackers

Local naturists are protesting the move

More than 100 accidents. Traffic snarled for miles. A de facto shutdown of the capital of the free world. What could cause such a crippling catastrophe? A dusting of snow. This was the reality Wednesday night in the Wash...

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Two German prison guards face a criminal investigation after they allowed a convicted rapist to escape during a visit to a beer hall

A tree frog only seen once in the 1870s has been found again -- in large numbers and thriving -- in the hilly forests of northeastern India.

A California-based company is voluntarily recalling cough syrup because it contains morphine, according to the Food and Drug Administration.