The shaggy dog story surrounding the identity of America's first canine appears to be over. Michelle Obama has confirmed that the first family is seeking a stray Portuguese Water Dog to be their...

Women with longer fertile lifespans have a lower risk of contracting Parkinson's disease, according to medical research in the United States published Wednesday. "These findings suggest that...

Mexican authorities on Wednesday extradited to the United States convicted drug trafficker Miguel Caro Quintero, brother of 1980s cartel kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero, the attorney general's office...

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday apologized for a political cartoon of a chimpanzee seen by critics as a racist depiction of President Barack Obama. However, the apology was rejected as "too...

SYDNEY, February 21, 2009 (AFP) - The Thai king has pardoned and freed an Australian writer jailed for insulting the royal family, officials said Saturday. Harry Nicolaides, 41, was last month...

CHICAGO, February 21, 2009 (AFP) - Texas financier and cricket impresario Allen Stanford could soon face criminal charges if the fraud allegations laid out by securities regulators prove true,...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced a storm of criticism from human rights activists on a maiden visit to China Saturday after saying she will not let rights concerns hinder cooperation....

SAN FRANCISCO, February 18, 2009 (AFP) - A federal judge has ruled against a US couple who accused Google of invading their privacy by publishing a Street View picture of their house in the Internet...

Facebook did an about-face on Wednesday and dropped a controversial change to its terms of service that triggered a barrage of protests from users of the social network. Facebook co-founder Mark...