Authorities believe the 60-year-old suspect committed mercy killings. His sister was in a vegetative state and his wife had dementia, reports say.
It's official, there are few places left to hide anymore after the U.S. military launches drone from under the sea.
Leo Moskovitz of Jermyn, Pa., celebrated his 109th birthday over the weekend.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius defended HealthCare.gov before a House committee hearing.
New York City lawmakers voted today to require all day care and preschool kids under age 5 to get flu vaccines or face expulsion.
In an unprecedented gesture, Barack Obama and Raúl Castro shook hands during Nelson Mandela's memorial. In Cuba, reactions are optimistic.
Boeing's deadlines for the 777X production have passed; now questions are being asked about who really benefits from its huge tax breaks.
In a significant reversal, the number of enrollees in government healthcare programs more than doubled in November.
IPSA will formally release its recommendations on MP compensation on Thursday.
The House speaker said conservative groups opposing deal are using Republicans, and the American people, for their personal goals.
Ryan Loskarn was placed on administrative leave without pay by Lamar Alexander after the Tennessee senator found out his chief of staff is being investigated for child pornography.
After the budget deal, the hard work begins: trying to pass the bill in the Tea Party-dominated House and Democratic-led Senate.
The AFP photographer who captured President Obama's now-infamous "funeral selfie" claims that Michelle Obama was never angry and rejects the notion that the president's behavior was inappropriate.
Many companies use nonstandard accounting measures to put a creative spin on their financial reporting. The SEC is looking into that.
India's top court has essentially criminalized homosexuality again, by upholding an colonial-era law.
Afghanistan may request for military hardware from India on Hamid Karzai's visit, but India does not want to provoke the U.S. or Pakistan.
Will Keystone XL pipeline be approved now that its second leg is getting closer to completion?
France, in particular -- long the center of all things European – has found itself in the unenviable position of looking backwards to its fading glories.
As China focuses more attention on its scientific programs, one fantastic project has caught the eye of government funding.
Dealing a blow to gay rights, India’s apex court ruled that a lower court’s 2009 decision in favor of homosexuality was not supported by law.
“The United States stands with the people of Ukraine. They deserve better,” Secretary of State John Kerry said.
We live in a world of drones, so take a look at the U.S. military's most advanced unmanned aircraft.
The South American nation passed the groundbreaking bill on Tuesday.
Watch a livestream of the ongoing protests in Kiev, Ukraine, which appear to be reaching a breaking point as police officers move in.
A two-year deal was announced Tuesday by the lead congressional budget negotiators.
Helle Thorning-Schmidt came under the spotlight on Tuesday when she was photographed taking a "selfie" with U.S. President Barack Obama and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron.
Conservative U.S. politicians have praised Nelson Mandela, but some of their supporters lobbed racial insults at the deceased South African president.
Taj Patterson said a group of 15 to 20 Orthodox Jews beat him and called him racial slurs in Brooklyn. He suffered a broken eye socket and torn retina in the attack.
A viral Internet rumor claims Michelle Obama made the president switch seats after he shared laughs with Denmark's prime minister at Nelson Mandela's memorial service.
There are at least 17,000 nuclear warheads around the world.