Syrian forces threatened on Sunday to mount a 'decisive battle' for Aleppo even as rebels clawed toward the city's ancient center under intense bombardment and strafing from warplanes.

On the first day of the rest of his life, Michael Phelps found old habits are hard to break. He popped out of bed around 6 in the morning Sunday, as if it were another normal training session.

"I wis

A growing number of Japanese workers who are risking their health to shut down the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant are suffering from depression, anxiety about the future and a loss of

A military investigation says up to a dozen US service members brought women, likely prostitutes, to their hotel rooms in Colombia, shortly before President Barack Obama arrived in the country for an

Who says you can’t go home again? Not John Lloyd Young, who left Broadway’s Jersey Boys five years ago and is now spending the summer back in his old role. He even got the same dressing room.

Custodians at the St. James Theatre should probably check one extra thing these days before locking up for the night: Make sure there aren’t any cheerleaders stuck up in the rafters.

A Chihuahua is being hailed as a hero after authorities say it sniffed out two girls who were lost in a Georgia forest.

The girls, ages 5 and 8, disappeared Monday for a couple of hours when they wer

A Chihuahua is being hailed as a hero after authorities say it sniffed out two girls who were lost in a Georgia forest.

The girls, ages 5 and 8, disappeared on Monday for a couple of hours when they

A jury found the Pakistani parents of a teenage girl guilty of murder on Friday — a conviction that came after the girl's sister turned against her parents, telling a jury how her mother and father su

In a world more to his liking, Gore Vidal might have been president, or even king. He had an aristocrat’s bearing — tall, handsome and composed — and an authoritative baritone ideal for summoning an aide or courtier.