A UN team is due to arrive in Tripoli to investigate allegations of human rights violations in Libya since the start of the conflict in February.

Wall Street must be expecting nothing but soothing words from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on Wednesday. Stocks rallied broadly on Tuesday, pushing blue-chip share indexes to their highest levels in nearly three years ahead of the Fed's ...

Her exit had been expected; the big question is what's next: A daytime talk show? TV news magazine reports? Prime-time specials?

"We feel like if we win this game tonight, we win the series," the Pacers' interim coach said after his team's afternoon Tuesday.

A drug developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. cures more patients with the hepatitis C virus in less time than existing therapies, according to a briefing document filed yesterday by Food and Drug Administration staffers who ...

Nielsen detects a preferential shift that reflects Android's ascension, which has happened rapidly in the last six months. Google's Android operating system rose to 37 percent US market share compared with 27 percent for Apple's iPhone through March, ...

The consensus from last night's Lifeline Live poll was that wrestler Chris Jericho was leaving the ring, er, ballroom. Bummer.

The Museum of Flight in Seattle had anticipated for years that it would receive for its new $12 million, 15000-square-foot Space Gallery one of four space shuttles that NASA was to give away.

The end is in sight for the Federal Reserve's much-debated program of buying $600 billion in Treasury bonds to prop up the faltering economy, with the central bank's policymakers likely to announce Wednesday that it will expire at the ...

Photo: AP Syria has intensified its bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, as international criticism against the government's action mounts.

MONTREAL - A clinical power play, driven by Montreal's most-clutch player, and a clinic in goaltending Tuesday night at the Bell Centre allowed the Montreal Canadiens to live for another day and play in a Game 7. Michael Cammalleri had a goal and an ...

TOKYO, April 27 (Reuters) - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said on Wednesday that placing a cap on a compensation scheme for those affected by problems at a stricken nuclear plant in Fukushima was inconceivable.

PHILADELPHIA -- Riding a resurgent power play and a strong defensive effort, the Philadelphia Flyers earned a 5-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres in the Game 7 of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series.

CENTRAL NEW YORK -- Both Madison and Oneida counties were under a tornado warning late Tuesday afternoon as strong thunderstorms swept through the area.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When doctors follow guidelines for treating patients after a heart attack, more patients survive, according to a new study from Sweden published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Missouri's attorney general turned to a federal court Tuesday to stop a federal plan to blow a levee to ease pressure on the flood-engorged Mississippi River.

By ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON - A somewhat esoteric Supreme Court case on Tuesday about data mining by drug companies turned into a debate over a fundamental First Amendment principle that has much engaged the justices lately: What role may the government ...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's endorsement of Mario Draghi as the next European Central Bank chief pressures German Chancellor Angela Merkel to follow suit or risk rankling her ...