Military action has ended in eastern Aleppo, Russia's ambassador to the UN has said. Vitaly Churkin said the government had re-established control over the last areas of the city held by rebels.
Global warming - “it's a hoax.” Donald Trump has said that more than once. So it's understandable that the request by the president-elect's transition team for the names of individual Energy Department employees and contractors who worked on the issue ...
President-elect Donald Trump talks with Kanye West in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) The Associated Press.
It goes without saying that Star Wars fans have been chomping at the bit to learn anything and everything of how Lucasfilm's new spin-off Rogue One: A Star Wars Story connects to the larger cinematic Star Wars saga.
The number of Electoral College members demanding an immediate intelligence briefing on foreign intervention in the presidential election has swelled to 40 electors, most of them joining the effort after a public show of support Monday from the Hillary ...
New Italian Cardinal Mario Zenari, the apostolic nuncio to Syria, is seen after a consistory at the Vatican Nov. 19. He was among 17 new cardinals created by Pope Francis.
MOSCOW - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny announced Tuesday the formal start of his campaign to become Russian president in elections scheduled for March 2018.
A U.S.-led coalition airstrike killed three Islamic State militant group (ISIS) leaders earlier this month, including two who were involved in the facilitation of the Paris attacks, the Pentagon confirmed on Tuesday.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - A judge admonished lawyers on both sides of Bill Cosby's sexual assault case Tuesday after a courtroom shouting match over the defense team's practice of publicizing the names of the women accusing the comedian of sexual assault.
The man accused of commandeering a D.C. pizza restaurant with an assault style rifle anticipated his efforts could end in violence as he investigated false rumors of a child sex ring, according to new court documents.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Investigators said Tuesday that they still can't pinpoint a specific cause in the fire that killed 36 partygoers in an Oakland warehouse.
I was the keynote speaker at Georgia State University recently. During that talk, I spoke about a few concepts that are often counterintuitive or confusing to the public.
Silicon Valley's entrepreneurs made little effort over the last year to conceal their distaste for Donald Trump, a candidate whose social media savvy belied what they saw as a staggering disregard for the innovation economy and the tech culture that ...
MILAN, Dec 13 UniCredit has raised the bar for other Italian banks by announcing a radical clean-up of its balance sheet through the sale of bad loans worth 17.7 billion euros ($19 billion).
Uber's user privacy policies are back in the spotlight after a story from the Center for Investigative Reporting on Dec. 13 led with this shocking claim: “Internal Uber employees helped ex-boyfriends stalk their ex-girlfriends and searched for the trip ...
Global stocks advanced, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average within 100 points of 20,000 on speculation that the Federal Reserve's expected rate increase signals confidence that the economy is strengthening.
Apple's AirPods are now available to order from the company's online store for $159.00, following weeks of speculation on exactly when the wireless headphones would launch.
Google is spinning out its self-driving car unit as a separate company called Waymo, the company announced today. The name is derived from its mission of finding “a new way forward in mobility.
Snapchat will now allow users to communicate with up to 16 of their friends in group chats. The app is also introducing new creative tools and Shazam integration.
Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence are two of the most likable stars in Hollywood, so it's no wonder the press tour for their upcoming romantic sci-fi thriller Passengers has been nothing short of hilarious.
With really good marketing and sheer force of will, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. has, over the last decade, turned the Golden Globes from a scandal-riven booze fest into a highly rated, influential awards ceremony, a metamorphosis that has never ...
Last week's segment with Madonna gave us revelations about her more-than-friendship with Michael Jackson and her perfect man. Tomorrow night, it's Bruno Mars turn to ride shotgun in what is quickly becoming the most famous totally nodescript black SUV ...
ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter discusses Les Snead's status with the organization, Jared Goff's future in the NFL and possible coaching candidates the Rams may look to target.
MLS 2017 expansion clubs Atlanta United and Minnesota United took another step toward building their inaugural rosters Tuesday, looting 10 other clubs for players in the league's expansion draft.
What would it take for the Cowboys to sit rookie quarterback Dak Prescott in favor of veteran Tony Romo? "I don't have a definition for it, but you'll know it when you see it," the Cowboys owner and general manager told KRLD-FM on Tuesday, per The ...
For the last time this year, a “supermoon” will rise in the night sky. Tuesday night, skywatchers can expect to see December's full moon, the third and final supermoon of 2016.
Reindeer are shrinking, and it's not because they're on a diet for the holidays. Rather, climate change is making it difficult for them - and their gestating fetuses - to survive extreme winters, new research shows.
Alarmed that decades of crucial climate measurements could vanish under a hostile Trump administration, scientists have begun a feverish attempt to copy reams of government data onto independent servers in hopes of safeguarding it from any political ...
With the exception of marijuana, use of illicit drugs among US teenagers is down, and on some measures, it is at historic lows, according to the newly released National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) 2016 Monitoring the Future annual survey.
A home-based caregiver in a village near Kayar, Senegal, provides basic healthcare services, including malaria treatment for patients living in areas where there are no healthcare facilities.
One in six U.S. adults reported taking a psychiatric drug, such as an antidepressant or a sedative, in 2013, a new study found. The new data comes from an analysis of the 2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), which gathered information on the ...
