NEW YORK- Legendary US jazz singer and actress Lena Horne, who broke down barriers for black performers in the 1940s and later dedicated herself to the civil rights movement, has died at the age of...

TRIPOLI- Lebanese police are hunting for a man suspected of imprisoning and beating his wife and her five-year-old son, whom he allegedly also burnt with cigarettes, a security official said on...

PARIS- Plans hatched on the Internet to hold France's biggest impromptu drinks party in Paris later this month drew a formal warning on Thursday from the police who said the event could prove...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Catherine Jouault - Jesuit priest Jose Gabriel Funes, director of the Vatican's astronomic observatory, says star-gazing brings him closer to God. "I became an astronomer in order...

NEW YORK- Oscar-nominated actress Lynn Redgrave has died after a long battle against breast cancer, her children said Monday, in a new blow to one of Britain's most famous acting dynasties....

SEOUL, Nam You-Sun- After a gruelling six hours of learning at her South Korean state elementary school, eight-year-old Ho You-Jin heads home -- but not to rest. She picks up a new set of...

NEW YORK- The state assembly in Massachusetts passed anti-bullying legislation Thursday intended to prevent a repeat of a tragic incident that ended with the suicide of an Irish immigrant girl at a...

LONDON- A British teacher was found not guilty Thursday of attempting to murder a pupil by hitting him with a dumbbell while shouting: "Die, die, die". Peter Harvey, 50, was accused of attacking a...

ROME- Oscar-nominated screenwriter Furio Scarpelli, who penned cinema classics including "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", has died aged 90, Italian media said Wednesday. Scarpelli died during the...