Investors around the world say President Barack Obama is bad for the bottom line, even though U.S. corporations are on track for the biggest earnings growth in 22 years and the stock market is headed for its best back-to- back annual gains since 2004.

The 28-year-old has become a celebrity figure in her homeland since she was found to be a member of an espionage ring and swapped for prisoners held in Russia. Now, following high-profile meetings with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and even a sexy...

A United Nations-backed tribunal will issue its first verdict here Monday after years of investigating the Khmer Rouge genocide and arguing the case for justice in Cambodia. But while the initial verdict, in the case of former prison commander Kaing...

Members of the militant wing of Hamas and representatives of 10 other militant groups met Thursday and said they were joining forces and that attacks on Israelis would continue. During the meeting, Hamas representative Abu Obeida spoke in general about...

The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned polygamist Warren S. Jeffs’ convictions on rape as an accomplice and sent his case back for a new trial, finding there were “serious errors” in instructions given to the jury that deprived Jeffs of a...

In a White House where first lady Michelle Obama’s relationship to the arts strives to be both rarefied and common, cerebral and pragmatic, the cultural program is dictated by tradition, personal life story . . . and an unabashed desire to shake...

General Stanley McChrystal has submitted a letter of resignation to President Obama in the aftermath of an article to be published this week in “Rolling Stone” magazine. In the article, McChrystal and several aides are quoted making very...

Parents often think their children grow up too soon, but a serious genetic disorder has turned a cliche into frightening reality for one British family. Seven-year-old Ashanti Elliott-Smith suffers from Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, which...

For as long as any one can remember, weaponry of every sort has been a part of human existence. And when the ruling authorities have forbidden weapons from the hands of the people, human ingenuity has sprung into action in order to take charge of the...

A lot of people think of the war between the states (as there was really nothing civil about it), and they remember all of the battle fields. Lexington, Concord, Gettysburg, and so many other places come to mind. And while these are all great places...