A burly caped crusader named 'Foreskin Man,' produced out of San Francisco's contentious debate over whether to ban circumcisions, has provoked allegations of anti-Semitism bubbling beneath the sensitive topic.
Ex-President Bill Clinton will not be able to attend the funeral of former First Lady Betty Ford due to mechanical problems encountered by the airplane he was scheduled to take.
Netflix has increased its monthly fee, making subscribers choose whether to stream or to get the DVDs via snail mail.
Nearly every developed region around the world is suffering from the same fiscal imbalances as Greece
A new study suggests that common cold treatments may indeed cause people to feel better -- if they believe they will.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, rejected the notion that he and President Barack Obama had reached a grand dealon raising the debt limit which he spoke of during his news conference Monday.
South Sudan declared its independence and became the newest country in the world. This move isn't much of a surprise because it's part of a treaty signed six years ago to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.
The rhetoric is getting hot and heavy inside the beltway regarding the debt talks. On Tuesday, the Republicans essentially said the Democrats haven't offered a viable debt deal proposal and President Obama said Republican reluctance to compromise could prevent senior citizens from receiving Social Security payments on August 3.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., assailed President Barack Obama's attempt to forge a grand debt deal as smoke and mirrors, a sign of intensifying rhetoric inside the beltway, as the deadline to strike a compromise draws closer.
Hispanics form a significant and ever-increasing portion of big league baseball players.
The British tabloid The Sun made it clear Tuesday afternoon it did not obtain the medical records of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's son.
On the same day that Human Rights Watch released a report calling for former President George W. Bush to be prosecuted for alleged war crimes, the United Nations assailed the Obama administration for obstructing an investigation into alleged abuses of another detainee: Pfc. Bradley Manning.
Five neo-Nazi gang members face life in prison after being convicted of 27 brutal, racially charged murders
Four Atlanta area superintendents and two principals lost their jobs on Tuesday, the first of what is likely to be a spate of firings after investigators uncovered systematic cheating by Atlanta educators.
Four Atlanta area superintendents and two principals lost their jobs on Tuesday, the first of what is likely to be a spate of firings after investigators uncovered systematic cheating by Atlanta educators.
Rebekah Brooks has few friends left among the staff at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World.
Paul may be having his swan song just as his ideology is catching on
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, the libertarian Texas Congressman, won't seek re-election to his House seat next year, regardless of whether he wins the 2012 Republican presidential race, Paul said Tuesday.
OPINION: As President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats have to negotiate a debt deal and prevent the totally avoidable -- a U.S. default on its debt -- Tea Party Republicans appear only to be interested in one thing: getting their way, even if it hurts the nation.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul announced on Tuesday that he won't be seeking re-election in the House of Representatives.
Islamic extremists in the deserts of North Africa are exploiting the chaos and violence in Libya to obtain weapons, warned Franco Frattini, Italy’s Foreign Minister.
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has launched a criminal investigation into the sinking of the Bulgaria, but it will do little to stop further tragedies.
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. supports raising the debt ceiling is if President Barack Obama's health care law is repealed.
George W. Bush and senior officials responsible for torture and mistreatment of detainees must be prosecuted, if not by the Obama administration then by the international community, a report released on Tuesday by Human Rights Watch charged.
Three of the most high-profile executives embroiled in the phone-hacking scandal in Britain will soon be answering questions from British politicians about alleged bribes paid to police officers for information used in newspaper articles.
The pressure to end 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' continues.
On Monday, DC media outlets reported that First Lady Michelle Obama made a visit to a Washington, D.C. area Shake Shack and more than indulged herself. She ordered a burger, fries, milkshake, and a Diet Coke, totaling up to a whopping 1,700 calories.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is in an English court Tuesday fighting extradition for 2010 sexual misconduct charges in Sweden
If Republican Jeff Stone has anything to do with it, that's exactly what will happen. Stone has asked fellow members of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors to support a motion to bring together officials from 13 counties to discuss the idea.
Yousuf Raza Gilani telephoned Karzai to deliver his condolences for his loss, although relations between the two South Asian neighbors have been strained over accusations of cross-border attacks by militants.