Death Sentence in U.S. Drops to Lowest in 2011: Report
The number of people seeking state unemployment benefits fell for the second straight week, to the lowest level since May 2008, government data showed on Thursday, suggesting the labor market recovery is gaining momentum.
European shares rose on Thursday in thin, pre-holiday trade as recent weakness prompted some bargain hunting, though strategists said political progress on the Eurozone crisis was needed before equities could make much more progress.
Major Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Thursday for the third day, led by banks and commodities as a decline in Chinese factory output added to worries about the global economy and Europe's debt crisis.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Thursday deflected opposition allegations that fraud helped his ruling party win a parliamentary election, saying the result reflected the views of the population.
Syrian army deserters killed at least 27 soldiers and security force personnel in a series of clashes in the southern province of Deraa at dawn Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
India needs practical solutions to address its economic slowdown, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday.
Amanda Knox seems to be making up for the lost time she had spent in Italian prison.
The U.S. Mint will not produce one dollar coins stamped with the faces of past U.S. Presidents according to the announcement by the Obama administration.
Ron Paul is the most virtuous candidate in the 2012 presidential race. This fact is not lost on the American public; a recent poll of Republicans and independents selected Paul as the most “principled” candidate.
Baby Lisa Irwin has been missing for two months following her mysterious disappearance the night of Oct. 4. The one-year-old's parents, Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin, continue to believe their daughter was kidnapped late that night. Is missing baby Lisa Irwin dead or alive?
Fitch Ratings says challenging times will continue for U.S. states, but fundamental strength remains. Among the 43 states Fitch rates, 38 carry a stable outlook.
That's sure to be the rumor once (if?) the ubiquitous website goes back online after going down shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday amid news that the Obama administration will not be vetoing the bill.
Rick Santorum, the former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania who has been hanging out with Jon Huntsman at the bottom of the Republican pack, said in Waterloo, Iowa, on Tuesday that the United States was not so gradually beginning to resemble fascist Italy.
Militants are also charged with making threats against Riccardo Pacifici, the head of Rome’s Jewish community.
Newt Gingrich has risen like the proverbial phoenix from the ashes to become a front-runner for the 2012 Republican Party nomination for president. But is he too old to serve in the most demanding, elected office in the world?
Brazil's said it is asking Chevron to halt its activities in the country and pay $10.7 billion in damages following an oil spill in November off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. However, Chevron said it has not received notice of the action.
Only two choices face those who were arrested for trying to cross the Brooklyn Bridge as part of the OWS movement on Oct. 1. Either admit you did something wrong, or to go back to court over and over again until your case is dismissed.
The U.S. Congress sought to avoid a showdown with the White House over detainee policy in the war against al-Qaeda on Monday, with a panel approving new rules for handling terrorism suspects after adding changes wanted by the administration. Further, the White House said senior officials will not recommend that President Barack Obama veto the bill.
Boris Gryzlov, the 60-year-old speaker of the Duma, the lower house of Parliament, has quit.
Sixteen top technology leaders – including the founders of Google, Netscape, Yahoo and eBay – published full-page advertisements Wednesday opposing the pending Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in Congress.
ConocoPhillips stole the show at Wednesday's Gulf of Mexico Lease sale with the largest bid an oil company has ever made for a single tract of Gulf real estate.
European stocks fell on Wednesday as weak commodity prices sparked a selloff in the energy and materials sectors and as a falling euro and high Italian bond yields kept Europe's debt crisis in focus.
Congress passed new legislation on Tuesday that would give the Federal Communications Commission the authority to auction off television companies' broadband spectrum, so it can be reallocated for mobile and internet companies.
Young Independent Filmmakers Jesse Budd and Patrick Romero set out to prove an age old question: Can men and women be friends?
The young woman, identified only as Gulnaz, has become a symbol of the hundreds of Afghan women who are believed to be languishing in prison.
Canada and Japan have agreed to decide soon whether to negotiate a bilateral economic partnership agreement, and Canada also aims to complete a free trade agreement with India by 2013, government officials said on Wednesday.
The Canadian Wheat Board said on Wednesday that it will ask a court to stop the federal government from ending its 68-year-old grain marketing monopoly.
A federal appeals court struck down a law that imposed a $10,000 cap on contributions to political action committees only weeks after Gov. Scott Walker introduced a new policy that will charge protesters for the cost of cleanup and extra police in the state capitol.
African immigrants in the region are enveloped by fear.
