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UNICEF released a statement scolding Russia for banning U.S. citizens from adopting Russian children.

Charles Durning, the long-time character actor best known for his Oscar-nominated role in “The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas,” died Monday of natural causes in New York City. He was 89.

Here's a primer on the gun-ownership debate prompted by the recent mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

The FISA Amendments Act -- allowing the U.S. government to engage in warrantless wiretapping -- will likely be reauthorized before New Year's Day.

The New York Knicks are rumored to have tried to trade Amare Stoudemire in the summer, including in a deal for Dwight Howard.

The Demand A Plan initiative, with many celebrity supporters, calls on Americans to vocalize the need to end gun violence following the Sandy Hook shooting.

Leadership and management deficiencies within the State Department were blamed for the inadequate security measures at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, which came under attack on Sept. 11, leading to the deaths of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other Americans.

Bill Clinton will be the subject of an HBO documentary, directed and produced by cinema legend Martin Scorsese.

Gord Young thinks he’s deciphered a World War II code meant for British intelligence officers planning the D-Day invasion at Normandy. The mystery began when London resident David Martin found in his chimney the remains of a carrier pigeon with a canister used by WWII spies attached to the leg.

NBC reportedly has not been able to reach Engel and a Turkish producer in days.

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is set to announce the replacement for retiring tea party stalwart Jim DeMint in Washington. The announcement may make history.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's ailing health is back in the news after she fainted and sustained a concussion last week.

A Forbes reporter had a Twitter argument today with Slate magazine's editor-in-chief, underscoring the contentiousness of the ongoing paywall debate.

Initial reports named Ryan Lanza the gunman in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., but police said the alleged shooter was his brother, 20-year-old Adam Lanza.

Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of Netscape, told attendees at the New York Times DealBook Conference that the New York Times should end its print edition.

British authorities are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy killed by radiation poisoning in 2006.

BlackBerry developer Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) lacks a new smartphone for holiday buying but its target markets are getting a multi-faceted marketing blitz.

Witnesses say nine people were wounded when unknown attackers fired at protesters camping in Cairo early Tuesday morning.

Straying outside Yellowstone National Park turned out to be a fatal mistake for one animal as it was announced Sunday that a famous wolf was shot and killed after it wandered outside park boundaries.

Falling ad revenues, subscription rates, increased online competition, have forced the Times to announce another round of buyouts.

Sen. Bob Corker is another Republican senator who advocates raising taxes on the wealthy to avoid the fiscal cliff.

With pilots of bankrupt American Airlines approving a contract, the tug-of-war between American and US Airways over American's future will intensify.

Random House, publisher of E. L. James's "Fifty Shades of Grey," is giving $5,000 bonuses to all of its employees.

Peeps has pulled from its holiday promotion an e-card that uses a derogatory name for a non-Jewish woman.

Having received their wedding rings, Brad Pitt says his wedding to Angelina Jolie is near.

Japan Friday ordered its military to intercept any North Korean rocket or its debris that falls towards the Japanese territory.

Lawmakers from the Northeast say Obama's reported $50 billion request to Congress is insufficient.

The New York Times, the premier paper in the U.S., is facing falling ad revenues and subscriptions.

Four reported dead as Egyptian Islamists and secularists fight by the thousands in the streets around the presidential palace.