A broad array of international donors pledged nearly $10 billion in long-term assistance to Haiti's earthquake recovery efforts during a daylong conference at United Nations headquarters.
China has agreed to negotiate possible sanctions against Iran over Tehran's failure to comply with international regulations involving its nuclear energy program, the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations said Wednesday.
Not-guilty pleas were entered in federal court on behalf of eight militia members accused of plotting to kill police officers as part of a revolt against the U.S. government.
The trial of the "D.C. Five" opened in Sargodha, Pakistan, on Wednesday with the defense accusing Pakistani authorities of fabricating evidence against five Americans accused of plotting attacks on Pakistan.
A former Georgia chorus teacher was acquitted of criminal charges in connection with a suggestive dance routine students performed in his classroom in 2008.
Two bodies found this week in Oklahoma are those of a murder suspect and his slain wife's missing 7-year-old daughter, Aja Daniell Johnson, authorities said.
An autopsy report confirms that a SeaWorld trainer killed after a 12,000-pound killer whale pulled her underwater died of drowning and traumatic injuries to her body.
Several environmentalists expressed disappointment and dismay Wednesday over President Obama's decision to open key Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico waters to oil and gas drilling.
The UK scientist at the center of the "Climate-gate" controversy over leaked e-mails has been cleared of hiding or manipulating data by a parliamentary committee.
The health care reform legislation that President Obama signed recently isn't only about insurance coverage -- there's also a renewal of $50 million per year for five years for abstinence-focused education.
Historic flooding in Rhode Island is pushing the Pawtuxet River 12 feet above flood stage. Gov. Donald Carcieri said "none of us alive" has seen this kind of flooding.
The archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, apologized repeatedly Tuesday night for the way his archdiocese handled an abusive priest and he defended the Vatican which has come under fire for not disciplining or defrocking the man.
President Obama today announced plans to open large parts of U.S. coastal waters in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico to oil and natural gas drilling.
President Obama won a key concession from the health insurance industry Tuesday as the main lobby group said providers would comply with new regulations that will prevent the denial of coverage for children due to pre-existing conditions.
A federal judge in Washington Tuesday sharply criticized the government but grudgingly approved a $3 million government payout in a case which the Obama administration managed to keep under wraps to protect national secrets.
With his marriage to Sandra Bullock in crisis and his family's future on the line, Jesse James is seeking professional help, his rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.
The father of a Marine whose funeral was picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church says an order to pay the protesters' legal costs in a civil claim is a "slap in the face."
Joseph McStay, his wife and two kids have not been seen in weeks. Relatives are baffled. But police say clues indicate the family may have left voluntarily.
President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday pledged mutual support for tougher U.N. sanctions against Iran over Tehran's refusal to comply with international regulations regarding its nuclear energy program.
U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan have their sights set on a June offensive designed to gain control of the city of Kandahar from the Taliban, military officials said.
Sgt. Pablo Emilio Moncayo, held by Colombian FARC rebels as a hostage for 12 years, was reunited with family members after being handed over to the Red Cross.
Sometimes the most complicated of cases at the Supreme Court brings out the best arguments. It certainly brought out the giggles in a little-watched appeal Tuesday over federal prison terms.
There are ways to prevent or mitigate the damage bullying can do to a child, experts stressed after nine Massachusetts teens were charged with harassment in the suicide of a 15-year-old.
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An experienced diver and master sergeant in the South Korean navy died Tuesday while conducting rescue efforts for 46 seamen who were aboard a patrol ship when it sank, a military official said.
Staffers at an eastern Chinese hospital have been disciplined after the bodies of 21 fetuses and infants were found improperly discarded near a river, according to officials and media reports.
More students have been removed from a Massachusetts school in the investigation of the alleged bullying campaign against a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide, a school official said Tuesday.
The body of the managing director of one of the world's richest investment funds was found four days after he disappeared in a plane crash in Morocco, reports said.
Authorities decided to arrest members of the Hutaree militia group upon learning they were planning an exercise in April that might have included violence, a federal prosecutor says.
Jassundra Barnett says what her son did in chorus class was "silly." But she doesn't think it is a matter for the police and the criminal courts. And she doesn't think his teacher should take the fall.
Scientists say it will help unravel deep secrets of the universe. Researchers in Geneva today smashed two proton beams at the fastest speed ever, marking "new territory" in physics.
Russian police released photographs Tuesday of two women suspected of being the suicide bombers who killed at least 39 people on the Moscow metro a day earlier.
President Obama today claimed final victory on his top domestic priority this morning by signing into law a package of changes to the newly enacted health care reform bill.
Ten children, youths and young adults between the ages of 8 and 21 were gunned down, presumably by drug traffickers, in the northern Mexican state of Durango, the state's attorney general said Monday.
A Tennessee man accused of planning a "killing spree" against African-Americans in a 2008 plot that included then-presidential candidate Barack Obama as a target, pleaded guilty Monday to eight charges in connection with the crime, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Oklahoma authorities are determining whether bodies found Monday are those of a murder suspect and his wife's missing 7-year-old daughter, a spokeswoman said.
Health officials are reminding Americans that the H1N1 flu is still causing serious illness, particularly in one state. "The situation in Georgia is critical," said Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.