President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that the U.S. is escalating sanctions on the Russian economy nearly two weeks after the shootdown of a civilian airliner over eastern Ukraine and amid growing violence along that country's border with Russia
Nigeria has evacuated a hospital after a patient died from Ebola, the first reported case to reach one of Africa's most densely-populated countries
Wall Street was shocked as Twitter shares leapt more than 25 percent in after-hours trading following stellar quarterly earnings
After nearly 30 years in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, one Louisiana prisoner convicted of second-degree murder may get out of solitary confinement in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola--undoubtedly in a deteriorated state of physical and mental health
The photo-sharing, Facebook-owned social network unveiled a new messaging app that allows users to send short-lived photo and video messages via mobile. For the moment, Bolt can only be used in New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa
In a key decision that could pave the way to unionization for thousands of fast food workers, the National Labor Relations Board held McDonald's jointly responsible for treatment of its employees at the approximately 90% of its restaurants that are owned by franchisees
The White House rejected reports Tuesday of a transcript purporting to detail a private phone call between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the distortions "shocking and disappointing"
A tiny part of the brain known as the habenula can keep track of your expectations about negative experiences—and predict when you will react to an event— researchers at University College London say
Khaled Mashaal was nearly assassinated by Benjamin Netanyahu. Then Israel’s Prime Minister was forced to bring the Hamas leader back to life. Now their deadly history hangs over the conflict that roils the Middle East
Roughly seven in 10 Americans would prefer unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S. whose safety is threatened back home to be given temporary refuge rather than immediate deportation, according to a new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute
Firefighters are struggling, despite what the National Park Service called "incredible" work, to contain a fast-moving wildfire in Yosemite National Park early on Tuesday, after it burned four square-miles of the landmark and neighboring Stanislaus National Forest
House Speaker John Boehner announced on Tuesday that House Republicans are finalizing a $659 million bill—much less than President Obama's $3.7 billion request—that he expects will pass Thursday and address the surge of migrant children coming from Central America
The asteroid was simply the straw that broke the camptosaurus's back
