Peter Theo Curtis, who was abducted near the Syria-Turkey border in 2012 and held by the Nusra Front, was handed over to a U.N. representative, according to a family representative and the Al Jazeera network.
The magnitude-6.0 earthquake that damaged buildings, injured residents and knocked out power to thousands was the largest to shake the Bay Area since 1989, officials said.
An assault on Libya’s main international airport has drawn fractious militias, tribes and towns into a national conflagration that many Libyans despaired would have no resolution.
Local officials say the image of Michael Brown’s corpse in the open set the scene for what was to become a combustible worldwide story of police tactics and race in America.
As classes begin, many teachers say that they must address the death of Michael Brown and the turmoil that has followed.
An American man hasn’t won a Grand Slam since 2003. A new generation of juniors might be able to get the U.S. back on top — if they get the right push.
On Ukraine’s independence day, President Petro O. Poroshenko, who is to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin on Tuesday, left little doubt about whom he blamed for the conflict.
Scientists said the discovery off the United States coast was unexpected, but had been going on for at least 1,000 years.
“The Bone Clocks,” David Mitchell’s latest novel and his most ambitious, provides the key to a larger narrative puzzle that he has been assembling across his books.
Sure, they look powerful, but as development projects they have failed mightily.
Start-ups are engineering “meat” and “eggs” from pulverized plant compounds.
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An economist says companies’ moves abroad offer a reminder that it’s time to rethink the tax system.
Marv Stollman is the point man for 115 tennis players in a doubles group that plays in Central Park on weekday mornings.
A new network promises to improve Internet access in an isolated Brooklyn area hit hard by Hurricane Sandy.
Brian Williams and Seth Meyers appear unflappable on TV, but behind the scenes, they are paddling as quickly as they can.
Answers to questions about owning an outdoor wood-burning pizza oven, house painting and rent restabilizing.
It has taken a while, but American banks are finally converting to chip technology, which reduces fraud.
The question now is whether too little sodium is putting people at risk.
