NEW YORK- Jonah Lehrer, author of a best-selling book about the mind and creativity, resigned from The New Yorker magazine on Monday for being too creative with his non-fiction writing. In a...

ALEPPO, Syria- Fighting raged on the second day Sunday of a fierce government offensive against rebels in Aleppo, as the UN said 200,000 civilians had fled Syria's most populous city in two days and...

The test, developed by life sciences company LifeCodexx, involves screening pregnant women's blood samples for the presence of foetal Down's syndrome, which is also known as trisomy 21. The...

ALEPPO, Syria, Pierre Torres- Syrian rebels staved off a fightback by regime forces in Aleppo on Saturday amid growing concern about the risks of reprisals against civilians in the country's...

CAIRO- Egypt's new prime minister, Hisham Qandil, will announce a cabinet on Thursday, almost a month after President Mohamed Morsi took office amid a power struggle with the military, state media...

AURORA, Colorado, Jeanie Stokes- The suspected Batman massacre gunman was seeing a psychiatrist specializing in schizophrenia before the attack that killed 12 in Colorado, court documents showed. The...

ALEPPO, Syria, Pierre Torres- Syrian gunships pounded rebels and troops clashed with insurgents in Aleppo on Friday as world powers voiced fears of an all-out assault and called for "maximum...

NUEVO JERUSALEN, Mexico, Pablo Perez- It is a painful memory for the young Mexican -- four hours locked up in the jail cell at the age of 14. His crime? Playing football. "It was forbidden," Cirilo...

WASHINGTON- Islamist militants are probably active in Syria but they wield less influence on the ground than the other rebel forces fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad, the Pentagon said...