Catholic bishops joined with various U.N members to call for a worldwide end to fossil fuels at the organization\'s Conference of Parties or COP20, and it seems their effort has succeeded. On Monday, 60 leaders of various countries agreed on a negotiating text to aim for \"zero net emissions by ...
A former British inmate of Guantanamo Bay said CIA \"torture\" of terrorism suspects, detailed in a U.S. Senate report on Tuesday, had fueled violence and the rise of Islamic State and that cataloguing it wouldn\'t help.
An executive jet crashed into a Maryland neighborhood on Monday, killing at least three people aboard and leaving three people missing on the ground, fire officials said.
President Barack Obama met with Britain\'s Prince William at the White House on Monday as part of the prince\'s short visit to the U.S.
Federal and state investigations into worker safety have been launched into the death of a 21-year-old college student whose body was found in a dumbwaiter at a bar and grill in western Wisconsin, officials said on Friday.
A bus driver saved 38 children\'s lives on a field trip with her quick thinking and actions Wednesday morning, according to reports. Kristina Buhrman is being hailed as a hero after she managed to get the children off the bus and away from the vehicle, which shortly afterwards burst into flame.
The family of a 12-year-old Cleveland boy who was fatally shot by police filed a federal civil rights and wrongful death lawsuit on Friday against the city and the police officers involved.
A U.S. healthcare worker, who may have been exposed to Ebola in West Africa, arrived at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta early on Thursday for testing and observation, the hospital has confirmed.
New York City police have launched a pilot program to equip officers with body cameras on Wednesday, hours before a grand jury decided against bringing charges against a policeman in the choke hold death of a Staten Island man.
Bill Cosby was sued Tuesday by Judy Huth of southern California, who says the 77-year-old comedian molested her at the Playboy mansion when she was just 15 years old in 1974. It is unknown how much in damages she is seeking from the beleaguered comedian, but the suit states that the alleged ...