LE BOURGET, France - Negotiators from 196 countries approved a landmark climate accord on Saturday that seeks to dramatically reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for a dangerous warming of the planet.
The FBI has recovered items from a lake in which it believes the San Bernardino shooters may have dumped evidence. The FBI did not provide details or say whether the items found had any connection to the ongoing terror investigation into last week's ...
Law enforcement officials investigate the scene of suspected arson at the Islamic Society of Palm Springs on December 11, 2015 in Coachella, California.
NAIROBI Nearly 90 people were killed during Friday's clashes in the Burundian capital, the army said on Saturday, the worst outbreak of violence in Burundi since a failed coup in May.
GENEVA Two Syrian men were arrested in Geneva on Friday after traces of explosives were found in their car, Switzerland's attorney general said on Saturday, confirming media reports.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The first Saudi women ever to cast ballots in the kingdom hugged, took souvenir selfies and spoke cautiously of more openings during groundbreaking elections Saturday that marked another step in social reforms but failed to stir ...
Beirut • A car bomb exploded Saturday in a government-held neighborhood in the central Syrian city of Homs, killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens, state media and an opposition monitoring group said.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Attackers entered the Spanish Embassy in Kabul after a deadly car bombing in a diplomatic neighborhood of the Afghan capital, engaging in an hour-long shootout with security forces while staff hid in bunkers, the Spanish ...
BERLIN - The latest on the influx of people into Europe. All times local: 3:50 p.m.. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reinforced her opposition to setting a limit to the number of refugees the country can take in.
A Mississippi man charged with shooting and killing two police officers in May was found unresponsive in his jail cell and later was pronounced dead, a sheriff's office official said on Saturday.
Once a year, anyone in New York City can see "coniferous trees" just about anywhere without a license. Peddlers across the US flock to the city to sell Christmas trees during the month of December.
Voters in Houston, the fourth most-populous U.S. city, went to the polls on Saturday to elect a mayor with Sylvester Turner, a veteran lawmaker seeking to expand economic opportunities, facing Bill King, a businessman pledging to fix city finances.
OKLAHOMA CITY - A grandmother who was sexually assaulted by an Oklahoma City police officer after being pulled over in 2014 said Friday, “He picked the wrong lady to stop that night.
For now, shoppers eager to pick up Kitson merchandise can browse the outlets, which are papered with “Store Closing” signs. The chain's first shop opened on ritzy Robertson Boulevard in 2000.
Any economic change such as a Fed rate increase brings good news and bad news. Here's what it means for you. Since the Great Recession started eight years ago, the Federal Reserve has kept its benchmark interest rate near zero as a way to strengthen ...
The $28,500 loan that Syed Rizwan Farook received from an online finance startup a few weeks before he and his wife allegedly opened fire at a holiday gathering in San Bernardino, Calif.
Several big-name Silicon Valley figures have pledged $1 billion to support a non-profit firm that on Friday said it would focus on the "positive human impact" of artificial intelligence.
Microsoft on Friday apologized for how it conveyed last month's decision to slash OneDrive storage allotments, and restored the 15GB of free cloud storage space to current users who asked for it.
We rarely talk about the touchscreen revolution. Perhaps that's because it happened so slowly. People had science-fiction dreams of tablet computing for decades.
You could argue that midsize sedans like the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu are victims of their own success. What's possibly the most mundane car segment around is also one of the most popular in terms of US sales; that makes price a key factor, as well as ...
Ronda Rousey made good on a promise made a few months back, attending Friday night's Marine Corps Ball with Jarrod Haschert, the lance corporal who asked her to be his date via viral video in August.
Luke Skywalker embarks on the hero's journey with his band of consorts like R2-D2. Google images. ×. Photo. Purchase Photos. Luke Skywalker embarks on the hero's journey with his band of consorts like R2-D2.
BEIJING - The favorite pop band of North Korea's young leader abruptly boarded a plane to return home on Saturday, just hours before an important concert here.
Sullivan was the coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League. His team was 18-5-0-0, compiling the best winning percentage (.783) in the 30-team league.
While some people may throw a cheaper rookie contract into the discussion, the debate of which player is the best bargain in the NBA begins and ends with Golden State Warriors' demi-god Stephen Curry.
The 2015 Heisman Trophy will be presented on Saturday night. Alabama RB Derrick Henry joins Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey and Clemson QB Deshaun Watson as the finalists for the 81st trophy, which is given annually to nation's best college football ...
Computers that can mimic the human language are being developed and will be full steam ahead, in the not too distant future. Actually it is the code that is being developed that some scientists think is an an advancement over previous programs ...
NEW DELHI (AP) - Two cities. Two very polluted cities. And two very different ways of dealing with twin public health crises. When Beijing's air was forecast to reach hazardous levels for three straight days earlier in December, the government issued ...
PARIS—Delegates from 195 nations on Saturday approved an international deal to tackle global warming that for the first time binds rich and poor governments into reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.
(Reuters Health) - There isn't enough evidence yet to say whether routine full-body skin cancer screenings are safe or effective, according to new proposed U.S.
Abortion in the U.S. is at record-low levels, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of induced abortions was 1.1 million in 2010, the most recent year for which statistics are available.
The initial phase of inoculations in the country will focus on about 40,000 people in areas where dengue fever is endemic. By Stephen Feller | Dec. 11, 2015 at 4:43 PM.
