The Obama administration said its mass collection of phone records is a critical tool in protecting against terror threats, AP reported.
In a viral Facebook post, Heather McGill, wife of Alabama state Sen. Shadrack McGill, warned other women to stay away from her husband and her family.
John Edwards is making a return to public life with plans to open a North Carolina law firm this September.
Outraged by photos of abused miners that surfaced online, Chinese netizens are dissatisfied with the government’s passive reaction.
Due to protests from local Muslim groups, the 2013 Miss World Pageant, being held in Indonesia, has banned bikinis from the beach fashion portion of the competition.
Hundreds were hospitalized near Dhaka Wednesday, after suffering nausea from a water supply that may have been purposely contaminated.
France jobless figures were released on Thursday, showing unemployment up to 10.8 percent from 10.5 percent in the first quarter last year.
Three men have been arrested in an American woman's gang-rape case that took place in the north Indian town of Manali.
Microsoft, along with the FBI and other authorities, disrupted a cyber crime network that led to $500 million in losses to financial institutions.
Amazon launched its online store for India on Wednesday with a model that will allow it to edge into the country's growing e-commerce market.
Pope Francis blamed the consumerist world for neglecting the needs of the poor and asked people to reduce waste.
A leaked top-secret court order reveals the NSA has access to details on every Verizon phone call in the U.S. over the past three months.
Despite trying to repair the GOP's image with women, recent comments from some Republicans show the effort is still a work in progress.
The death of Trayvon Martin was highly controversial and set off a national debate about racial profiling.
In yet another blow to the IRS, two more agency officials were placed on administrative leave Wednesday for accepting gifts at a conference.
Chinese netizens are not happy with a law that criminalizes giving birth out of wedlock -- and ignores men.
The IMF is expected to admit that it made mistakes in assembling an austere bailout package for Greece.
Brazil has pulled its controversial new 'Happy Prostitute' online ad campaign promoting safe sex.
Gloria MacKenzie, an 84-year-old woman from Zephyrhills, Fla., has come forward as the winner of the $590 million Powerball jackpot.
Foreign doctors (that is, qualified physicians with non-French medical degrees) now represent 9 percent of the nation’s total number.
For one 77-year-old man, having three sons still leaves him living on the street.
The plea was part of an agreement with prosecutors in which the military promised not to seek the death penalty.
President Obama's approval rating is holding steady because Americans are not blaming him for the 3 scandals rocking his administration.
Six people were killed and 13 were injured when the building fell onto a store.
China's visiting president had to hold his own umbrella, plus other diplomatic faux pas for the small but hopeful Caribbean nation.
California state Sen. Ron Calderon and the offices of the Latino legislative caucus Tuesday in a secret investigation by the FBI.
The new national security adviser won't be a lot different from her predecessor Tom Donilon, experts say.
James "Whitey" Bulger allegedly orchestrated 19 murders, but he also gave away turkey dinners to the people of South Boston.
U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice is expected to be the next national security adviser -- and Republicans can't do anything about it.
14 travelers, mostly Sunni Muslims and soldiers, were stopped and executed in Iraq on Wednesday.