TEHRAN - Iran's release of 10 United States Navy sailors on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after they were detained on the Persian Gulf, is being hailed in both countries as a sign that their relations have evolved since the signing of the nuclear ...
Their tumultuous relationship nearing an end, President Obama and Congress scheduled one last date for Tuesday night, when Obama delivered his final State of the Union address.
Raymond Garcia checks his Powerball Lottery tickets Tuesday after waiting in line with hundreds of other lottery hopefuls at the Bluebird Liquor store in Hawthorne.
HOUSTON -- The most evocative moments of the NFL's return to Los Angeles came just slightly off center stage, while Commissioner Roger Goodell completed the swift coronation by announcing that owners had approved the return of the Los Angeles Rams.
ISTANBUL - Turkish police have arrested one person suspected of a direct link to the deadly suicide bombing that killed 10 Germans in Istanbul's main tourist area, officials said Wednesday.
We knew things were bad when water coming out of the kitchen taps in our homes in Flint, Michigan, looked like frying oil and smelled like an open sewer.
QUETTA, Pakistan - A suicide attack on a polio vaccination center in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday killed 15 people, mainly policemen gathered to escort health workers, officials said.
(CNN) For nearly two years, boats dragging high-tech detection devices across the Indian Ocean have failed to solve the mystery of the whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
These popular fast food restaurants, often open 24-hours, sometimes make headlines in unsavory ways. Click through the following gallery for recent cases in which the cops were called.
An Albuquerque police officer who was involved in a wrongful death lawsuit that cost the city millions is suing for a promotion. Court documents show Brett Lampiris-Tremba is suing Albuquerque police and the city, claiming he has passed all necessary ...
JACKSON -- It once seemed Mississippi was close to starting a lottery. In 1992, 53 percent of Mississippi voters chose to remove a state constitutional prohibition on lotteries.
(CNN) Ciera Meyer was sick and stayed at home from school. She was shot dead after her father pulled a gun on a constable who came calling, police said.
General Motors Co. said Wednesday it is raising its profit estimates for 2016, is nearly doubling its stock repurchase program and is increasing its quarterly dividend by 6 percent beginning in the first quarter.
LONDON Oil prices fell on Wednesday after a rise in weekly U.S. crude inventories fed into bearish sentiment about the deepening global supply glut that has brought oil prices close to 12-year lows.
General Electric Co. will move its headquarters to Boston after a dispute with Connecticut over tax increases prompted the industrial giant to leave its home of more than 40 years, the Boston Globe reported.
BEIJING China's total trade fell in December but far less than expected, with exports outperforming many of its regional peers after the country let the yuan depreciate sharply, highlighting fears of a currency war among Asia's trade-reliant economies.
In the future, self-driving cars may allow us to ignore the road completely, but in the present, humans still need to be ready to take the wheel at a moment's notice.
You might have noticed that Uber has started to pay attention to your habits. For example, the app often suggests my home address as a destination whenever I request a driver.
It's a good time to be an Amazon Prime member: Subscribers now receive 20 percent off new physical video games. The discount applies during the pre-order period and two weeks after the title's release.
For hundreds of New York Times readers who shared their memories of David Bowie, he was more than an artist or entertainer on a distant stage: He changed their lives.
Madonna paid tribute to late rocker David Bowie with sweet words and melodies on Tuesday. The singer, 57, honored Bowie during the Houston, Texas, stop of her Rebel Heart tour.
2016 will truly be a new year for Rob Kardashian. Khloe Kardashian appeared on Good Morning America Wednesday and opened up about Lamar Odom and her brother Rob.
What happened to New England Patriots' linebacker Chandler Jones on Sunday morning? That's the question being asked in the Foxboro, Massachusetts area as the Patriots prepare to play the Kansas City Chiefs in a Divisional Round game on Saturday ...
The Chicago Blackhawks have given a three-year contract extension to Joel Quenneville, locking up the highly successful coach through the 2019-20 season.
His son had a tendency to speak a bit too much in class. The boy liked attention, which caused a problem for his teachers and -- by extension -- his parents.
If there's a pitfall to success, it's that sustaining it bears a financial burden. In baseball, almost universally, the teams that are most successful boast underpaid players that exceed the expectations of their contracts.
When coated onto a lithium-ion battery electrode, a new composite material protects the battery from bursting into flames if it is overcharged or develops an electrical short.
Why is Greenland's ice sheet melting? Scientists say nighttime clouds act as a blanket to prevent warm air from escaping. Scientists say new satellite data will help improve future climate models to better inform policy decisions.
Once upon a Bronze Age, a fire struck a house on a river. It was a circular wooden house, built on stilts and home to a family whose life changed in a moment.
Physicists have for months been buzzing about the possible detection of gravitational waves—a finding that would confirm one of the key predictions of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.
LONDON Investing less then $0.72 a year for each person would make the world far more resilient to potentially devastating infectious disease pandemics, according to a global health expert group convened in the wake of the Ebola crisis.
The Perrigo Company is voluntarily recalling two batches of its children's guaifenesin grape liquid and three batches of its children's guaifenesin DM cherry liquid.
Women who eat any type of potato five or more times per week have a 50 percent greater chance of developing the condition. By Stephen Feller | Jan. 13, 2016 at 9:59 AM.
It's often prescribed for migraines, rheumatoid arthritis, fever, gout and even post-operative pain. Now, diclofenac could be a contender to help treat cancer.
