Tens of thousands of people have attended a mass rally in Iraq to cheer the cessation of US troop movements in the country.

The celebration rally was organized by Iraq's Hezbollah movement to...

Police in Washington have closed down a large camping area containing members of the "Occupy" movement.

The encampment, one of the biggest protest areas in the United States, was only a few blocks...

Voting is underway in the western U.S. state of Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses, with members of the party choosing the candidate they want to see take on President Barack Obama in...

Apart from typical running, throwing and strength training drills, the Super Bowl-bound New York Giants also reap the athletic benefits of season-long yoga sessions.

Gwen Lawrence, celebrity yoga...

A private in the U.S. Army is to face a court martial after leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks.

Private First Class Bradley Manning, 24, has been in prison since his arrest one-and-a-half...

French magazine 'Elle' has apologised for a 'racist' article posted on its website that suggested that black American elite, inspired by the Obamas, were finally embracing 'white' fashion, after it...

The latest job report, which pegs US unemployment at 8.3 percent may be a turning point for President Barack Obama ahead of the 2012 White House race.

The US added 243,000 new jobs in January, the...

Daniel Radcliffe is supporting the Giants and has bet for 5,000 dollars that New York will win the Super Bowl.

"I'm really excited. I am a Giants fan, absolutely. I was christened a Giants fan when...

Kim Kardashian has taken to her Twitter account to deny rumours of a budding romance with American footballer and model Kate Upton's boyfriend, Mark Sanchez.

The 31-year-old reality star, who has...

A strange outbreak of twitching disorder in upstate New York may be spreading through social media as a kind of subconscious mimicry, say experts.

Doctors treating the case of nearly 20 teenagers...

Notorious Internet hacking group Anonymous has intercepted and published a recording of a conference call between Scotland Yard in the UK and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The conversation...

To make America more attractive to highly-skilled foreign students and workers, the United States has announced a series of reforms, including changes in the F-1 and H-1B visa rules, that may benefit...

US President Barack Obama will host British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House during an official visit in March, the White House said.

The meeting scheduled for March 13-14 will also...

TEL AVIV - Iran is trying to strike Israeli targets around the world in retaliation for the assassination of its nuclear scientists, a top security official has warned.

Yoram Cohen, the head of...

Israel's facilities in North America and around the world are on high alert, as they face an Iranian security threat, an internal document has said.

"We predict that the threat on our sites around...

Durham, N.C. - The Bull City celebrated achievements in the African American community Saturday at the 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Black History Month parade.Ms. Black North Carolina Pia...

SALT LAKE CITY -; A man accused of fatally shooting a police officer and wounding five others during an Ogden drug raid last month says he feared for his life because he thought people were breaking...

The US warns that Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution on Syria will lead to the greater likelihood of civil war in the middle eastern...

The Tappan Zee is one of the U.S.'s 18,000 so-called fracture-critical bridges, of which about 8,000 are classified "structurally deficient," according to Federal Highway...

Federal regulators on Friday said they're seeking offshore wind developers who want to build inside a newly redrawn zone of ocean off Massachusetts, which they pitched as a prime spot for wind...

U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally at Springs Fabrication on Saturday in Colorado Springs,...

The United States' announcement that it plans to end the combat role of its troops in Afghanistan earlier than expected, and before the end of next year, is a crucial milestone in the...

Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say two of its ships were struck with a norovirus that can cause vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pain. The Crown Princess returned from a seven-day cruise Saturday...

Belinda and Daniel Conne, both 47, and their 25-year-old son, Michael, were spotted by a helicopter pilot and later flown to a hospital. Curry County Sheriff John Bishop said Daniel Conne suffered a...

LE ROY, New York (Reuters) - State health officials have added three more names to a growing list of students in this working-class town who are experiencing mysterious tics and twitching, while...

After the autumn of discontent comes, inevitably, the winter of writing it all up. An enormous amount of ink has been spilled - and even more HTML compiled - detailing the protest movements around...

An analysis of the last 45 Super Bowls finds that total return on the S&P 500 for the year is usually positive when the NFC champion wins the Vince Lombardi...

A man accused of fatally shooting a police officer and wounding five others during an Ogden drug raid last month says he feared for his life because he thought people were breaking into his home to...

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Allen Crabbe scored 19 points before injuring his right ankle in the second half to help California beat Arizona State 68-47 on Saturday. Jorge Gutierrez added 10...

TUCSON, Ariz. (CBS / AP) — Joslyn Tinkle had a career-high 22 points and matched her career best with 11 rebounds, leading five starters in double figures in No. 4 Stanford’s 91-51 rout...

PROVO, Utah (CBS / AP) — Jennifer Hamson had 18 points and nine rebounds Saturday and No. 22 BYU avenged an earlier loss by defeating Saint Mary’s 83-47 Saturday. The Gaels beat BYU...

TEMPE, Ariz. (CBS / AP) — Brittany Boyd had 19 points, a conference season-high 10 steals, six assists and six rebounds as California rallied from a lengthy scoring drought to beat Arizona...

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) - A three-year, $248 million plan to repair city streets was launched this week in San Francisco's Mission District. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and a host of other top city...

Even a millimeter misdirection of a microphone or a minor adjustment in bass can mean the difference between a good recording and an inferior one to his ears. By the time a recording makes its way to...

(Reuters) - Little-known American Spencer Levin held his nerve over the tricky closing stretch to move six shots clear after Saturday's third round of the frost-delayed Phoenix Open in Scottsdale,...

About 100 dancers descended on Times Square in a "flash mob" organized through the Internet. As startled tourists looked on, they recreated one of the show's "Soul Train lines" in which people would...

SHOW LOW, Ariz. -; A plane crash in eastern Arizona has killed a well-known rural Arizona auto dealer and his wife and severely injured the man's son and his wife. The single-engine plane...

Rhonda Johnstone wipes out while snowboarding with her friends dogs Sake and Lola as a snow storm hits the Denver metro area Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 in Lakewood, Colo. A powerful winter storm swept...

CANONSBURG, Pa. -; An official says a fire at a candy factory in southwestern Pennsylvania destroyed nearly 20,000 pounds of chocolate. The blaze broke out early Friday morning at a second-floor...

INDIANAPOLIS -; Indiana Democrats say they will try next week to have their losing candidate installed as the state's elections chief after a jury found Secretary of State Charlie White guilty...

A South Florida duo compete in the senior category of the national roller skating dance championships -; and bring home a bit of bronze, silver and...