The Senate majority leader, who had opposed reinstating the 1994 assault weapons ban, says "I chose to vote my conscience" this time.
The Aryan Brotherhood of Texas was initially suspected in the murders of Mike McClelland and Mark Hasse.
President Obama spoke with Today's Savannah Guthrie in an exclusive interview and said he misses Hillary Clinton.
Along with preserving Second Amendment rights, the measure tackles mental health, gun trafficking, and school safety.
On the final leg, Manchin pleads for nine Republicans to help pass the background checks bill.
Nicolas Maduro's big bushy black moustache has become a kind of ‘trademark’ for the new leader of Venezuela,
South African police officials have confiscated 49 cell phones used by officers to take pictures of Oscar Pistorius after his arrest, the minister of police said Monday.
Michael Pickens accuses his family of ugly behavior and lands himself a cyberbullying suit filed by daddy T Boone and three siblings.
Chavez successor Maduro has accused the U.S. of sparking the violence that has erupted in Venezuela following his razor-thin win in Sunday's election.
The trial of Alexei Navalny, a leading opposition figure in Russia, who led protests against Vladimir Putin, was adjourned on Wednesday.
Baluchistan holds large reserves of gas, as well as gold, cooper, uranium and oil, it also enjoys a 600-mile coastline.
A blast near the southern India city of Bangalore injures at least 16 people, authorities say.
The Senate is to vote Wednesday on the Manchin-Toomey background check plan, but the votes for passage are lacking.
Brazil inked a deal with South African defense and aerospace company Paramount Group to purchase armored vehicles for Rio de Janeiro, strengthening BRICS trade.
A letter sent to Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., has tested positive for ricin.
Victoria said Tyler comforted her by showing her his scar from a shrapnel wound.
North Korea has issued a new round of threats to its neighbors in South Korea after a series of anti-North Korean protests were held on the 101st anniversary of its first leader Kim Il-Sung’s birthday.
An advocacy group warns that climate change will drive citizens of small Pacific island nations to flee to Australia and it should prepare now.
Noura Al-Ajaji suffered a "slight injury" in the Boston explosions, according to a Saudi official.
School officials confirmed that a suspect has been arrested and taken into custody by police.
Al-Chalabi was convicted in connection with a plot to attack U.S. and other Western targets in Jordan in 2003.
The majority of South American nations express support for President-elect Maduro, while the opposition demands a recount.
Conspiracy theorists are running amok around the tragedy. Essam el-Erian rehashes a classic: There's a mystery hand behind it.
A suspicious package in LaGuardia's central terminal had prompted the evacuation earlier Tuesday morning.
U.S. immigration reform presents an opportunity for Republicans to warm the hearts of -- and capture the votes of -- Latinos.
The roommate described the Saudi national as a devout Muslim and fervent soccer fan, and doubted he was behind the Boston bombings.
Playboy magazine, as well as other Western adult magazines, remains illegal in India under existing laws governing obscenity.
Photographs taken during Monday's Boston Marathon bombings appear to show a mystery man watching the attack unfold from a nearby rooftop.
Musharraf’s attorney said he will appeal the electoral officials’ decision in the nation’s highest court.
An arrest in the Boston Marathon bombings has either already taken place or is "imminent," Boston television station WCVB reports: