Tens of thousands of people have attended a mass rally in Iraq to cheer the cessation of US troop movements in the country.

The celebration rally was organized by Iraq's Hezbollah movement to...

Police in Washington have closed down a large camping area containing members of the "Occupy" movement.

The encampment, one of the biggest protest areas in the United States, was only a few blocks...

Voting is underway in the western U.S. state of Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses, with members of the party choosing the candidate they want to see take on President Barack Obama in...

Versatile US actor Ben Gazzara died in a New York hospital of pancreatic cancer, The New York Times said. He was 81.

A student at New York's legendary Actor's Studio where other Hollywood stars like...

Apart from typical running, throwing and strength training drills, the Super Bowl-bound New York Giants also reap the athletic benefits of season-long yoga sessions.

Gwen Lawrence, celebrity yoga...

A private in the U.S. Army is to face a court martial after leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks.

Private First Class Bradley Manning, 24, has been in prison since his arrest one-and-a-half...

French magazine 'Elle' has apologised for a 'racist' article posted on its website that suggested that black American elite, inspired by the Obamas, were finally embracing 'white' fashion, after it...

The latest job report, which pegs US unemployment at 8.3 percent may be a turning point for President Barack Obama ahead of the 2012 White House race.

The US added 243,000 new jobs in January, the...

Daniel Radcliffe is supporting the Giants and has bet for 5,000 dollars that New York will win the Super Bowl.

"I'm really excited. I am a Giants fan, absolutely. I was christened a Giants fan when...

Kim Kardashian has taken to her Twitter account to deny rumours of a budding romance with American footballer and model Kate Upton's boyfriend, Mark Sanchez.

The 31-year-old reality star, who has...

A strange outbreak of twitching disorder in upstate New York may be spreading through social media as a kind of subconscious mimicry, say experts.

Doctors treating the case of nearly 20 teenagers...

Notorious Internet hacking group Anonymous has intercepted and published a recording of a conference call between Scotland Yard in the UK and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The conversation...

To make America more attractive to highly-skilled foreign students and workers, the United States has announced a series of reforms, including changes in the F-1 and H-1B visa rules, that may benefit...

Israel's facilities in North America and around the world are on high alert, as they face an Iranian security threat, an internal document has said.

"We predict that the threat on our sites around...

CAIRO -- Their kidnappers gave them tea and dried fruit, and talked about religion and tribal rights. The California women were allowed to bring their Egyptian tour guide with them. One even put out...

Gibr George, an entrepreneur from Miami, started a Facebook page called "Don't Call Me African-American" on a whim. It now has about 300...

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. -; A southeastern Indiana woman has been charged after prosecutors say she left her morbidly obese sister alive and decomposing in a chair for three weeks. A grand jury in...

FILE - This file photo released on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, provided by the Anaheim Police Dept. shows Itzcoatl Ocampo. The ex-Marine charged with killing four homeless men in Orange County has been...

A family of three huddled on the edge of an old-growth Oregon forest for six days, lost and cold, unable to signal search helicopters flying low and slow...

Less than 24 hours before deployment, U.S. Army SPC Frantz Eliscard stood in the fifth row on a theater stage, six soldiers in, listening to a string of political and military leaders offering words...

In other sports, the big-city rivalries usually come to a head in the playoff round before the championship. Here, though, the cities that love to hate each other are going for it all. Does Beantown...

Jason Pominville scored in a shootout Saturday and the Buffalo Sabres came away with a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders. Boyes tallied in the first round of the tie-breaker, firing a quick wrist...

Members of the Native Mob gang have shot rivals in Minneapolis, sold drugs in Duluth, and thrown boiling water in a person's face in Crow Wing County. Authorities say they've also assaulted...

1 of 6. A protester walks along barricades with his personal belongings as U.S. National Park Service police cordon-off the Occupy DC encampment in McPherson Square in Washington, February 4,...

A southeastern Indiana woman has been charged after prosecutors say she left her morbidly obese sister alive and decomposing in a chair for three weeks. A grand jury in Dearborn County near the...

MARTINEZ (KCBS) - The Martinez Marina, which serves as a key location for boaters looking to head either to the Delta or San Francisco Bay, has a major problem with mud buildup. When the tide pulls...

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A man was killed in a shooting on a residential street in East Oakland Saturday afternoon, a police officer said. Officer Kevin McDonald said police received a report of the...

STANFORD (CBS / AP) — Kyle Fogg scored 14 points to help Arizona beat Stanford 56-43 on Saturday. Jesse Perry added 11 points and Nick Johnson and Solomon Hill had 10 each for the Wildcats...

COLEVILLE (CBS / AP) — The person killed in a propane gas explosion outside a remote Northern California training base was the wife of a U.S. Marine, and the two people seriously injured were a...

SAN JOSE (KCBS) - A new IBM report suggests San Jose's public safety departments are overstaffed and has sparked debate between the tech sector and those who serve the city. San Jose Mayor...

Then pain developed in the large joints in his body, especially the hips and shoulders. It was so intense he was bedridden for almost two years, sometimes unable to sleep for days. By the time a...

MIAMI -; Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say a stomach virus affected nearly 100 passengers on a ship that arrived in South Florida. Meanwhile, passengers on another ship were complaining of...

A 24-year-old jailed for more than three months in the deaths of his mother and brother was a free man Saturday after prosecutors said they would instead charge a high school friend accused in a...

Two decades ago, Michael Webb's 3-year-old son died in a fire that investigators say Webb set in a scheme to kill his family, collect the insurance and start a new life with his...

NEW YORK, February 4 (Itar-Tass) - The Federal Court for the Southern District of New York has appointed a new hearing on the case of Russian businessman Viktor Bout, who last November was found...

A group of indigenous protesters has blockaded the Pan-American Highway in Panama for days to protest the recent approval of mines and reservoirs in their...

Any economic losses from the EU's oil embargo on Iran are outweighed by the benefits of the new sense of European unity ushered in by the sanctions. That's the view of MEP Martin Callanan...

Imam Syed Soharwardy (closest to camera), from Calgary, was surrounded by a dozen other Islamic Supreme Council of Canada members at the Jamia Riyadhul Jannah mosque Saturday as he delivered the...

America's Native population climbed by nearly a third between 2000 and 2010, surprising U.S. Census Bureau data analysts and delighting managers of federally funded programs whose budgets depend...

Fire investigators say a dog inadvertently turned on a stove and started a fire that destroyed a house in Vancouver, Wash., early...

Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say a stomach virus affected nearly 100 passengers on a ship that arrived in South Florida. Meanwhile, passengers on another ship were complaining of...

REDWOOD CITY (CBS / AP) — An investigation into allegations of physical abuse of two students at a Redwood City elementary school has resulted in an arrest of a teacher at the school. Redwood...

CAIRO (CBS / AP) — Their kidnappers gave them tea and dried fruit, and talked about religion and tribal rights. The California women were allowed to bring their Egyptian tour guide with them....

INDIANAPOLIS (CBS / AP) — San Francisco’s Jim Harbaugh has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year award for leading the 49ers back to the playoffs. In his first season as an...

BAGHDAD (AFP) The Baghdad government vowed Wednesday to take legal action after an American marine was spared jail by a US military court over the massacre of 24 unarmed civilians in the Iraqi town...

Two prominent faces of Latin American Socialism: Daniel Ortega and Hugo ChavezBy Olivia KrothSources: Blog Hugo Chavez, Correo del OrinocoAt Daniel Ortega's inauguration ceremony on Tuesday,...

Durham, N.C. - The Bull City celebrated achievements in the African American community Saturday at the 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Black History Month parade.Ms. Black North Carolina Pia...

SALT LAKE CITY -; A man accused of fatally shooting a police officer and wounding five others during an Ogden drug raid last month says he feared for his life because he thought people were breaking...