The family crept across farmland under night's cover, heading for the border, when Syrian troops opened fire. Bullets whizzed around them as they broke into a mad dash, survivors say.

It's not a concert, Danny Boyle stressed. It's about the athletes.

In a very real way, though, the director of the Olympic opening ceremony was wrong.

While sports are the heart of the Olympics, mus

On a trip to Israel, Mitt Romney is trying to win over a tiny sliver of a small — but powerful — section of the American electorate. President Barack Obama is doing the same at home.

But while Romney

A man in south-central Pennsylvania confronting his wife about custody arrangements for their daughter shot to death three people, then fled with the 4-year-old girl before the two were found about 40

World Wrestling Entertainment star The Great Khali has undergone surgery to remove a pituitary gland tumor that's the cause of his formidable size.

Doctors at UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh removed

It's a tale of Olympian proportions: A man, a rickshaw, and a slow journey from a Chinese village to London through 16 countries.

Hundreds of survivors of the deadly 1984 Bhopal gas leak held a “Special Olympics” on Thursday with children suffering birth defects in an effort to shame Olympic sponsor Dow Chemical Co. on the eve o

The World Health Organization says the global target of 15 million people taking life-saving AIDS drugs by 2015 is just a first step.

With 8 million people in poor countries taking them now, WHO's Dr

Six people died when a helicopter crashed into an area often referred to as France's answer to the Grand Canyon, on Wednesday, according to officials.

Watch out Usain Bolt, Usain Colt is running - and with four legs, he is fast.