Category: North America

The Obama administration needs to revamp its entire Middle East strategy of remaining impartial in conflicts in Egypt and elsewhere because it risks giving anti-American radicals an opening to take...

MOORE, Okla. — Ethan Nichols has a new backpack, notebook, box of crayons and shiny new Puma sneakers for his first day back at school.   But when he and...

Three van operators have been convicted in a gang rape against an American woman aboard Brazilian mass transit in a case that attracted global attention.   Wallace Aparecido Souza Silva,...

APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. — Skeletal remains found in this area might be those of a 19-year-old college student missing since June 15, authorities said Thursday.   Adrienne Salinas, the 19-year-old...

Smithsonian zoologists announced Thursday the discovery of the first new species of carnivore found in the Western Hemisphere in 35 years -- the big-eyed, furry, rust-colored olinguito.   "The discovery...

The Jackie Chan 2013 death hoax reports still continue on social media sites. This time, the culprits are spammers who use the fake death reports about the legendary Chinese actor...

Did Jackie Chan, the 59-year-old action star who does his own stunts, really fall to his death while filming a movie in Austria? UPDATE: The "Jackie Chan is dead" rumors...

Facing up to 90 years in prison, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning apologized Wednesday for passing classified materials to WikiLeaks while he was an intelligence analyst in Iraq in 2010.  ...

WASHINGTON — Former Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Wednesday for using $750,000 in campaign money for living expenses, trips and...

If you think the cost of rearing a child is getting more expensive, you're right.   A new government report says child-rearing has increased 23% since 1960 even adjusted for...