Burma's ruling junta warned Thursday that legal action would be taken against people who trade or hoard international aid as the cyclone's official death toll soared to...

A new US government report reveals that nearly 2,500 children, being held in military custody in Iraq and Afghanistan by the United States, are not uniformly protected as...

Barack Obama collected the support of four of John Edwards' Democratic National Convention delegates on Thursday, then gained the backing of a West Coast congressman and...

Regarding the copyright discussion earlier this week, 14 blog entries on the Retort have been removed in response to Digital Millenium Copyright Act notices of copyright...

As more than 50,000 soldiers continue to work feverishly to rescue survivors from a fault line of cities and towns destroyed by this week's quake in China's Sichuan...

During observances marking the 60th anniversary of Israel's founding, President Bush spoke before Israel's Knesset parliament on Thursday and denounced those who would...

Eleven months after a cable on the Superman Tower of Power ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville severed her feet, Kaitlyn Lasitter, 14, lobbied Congress to...

The California Supreme Court has overturned a ban on gay marriage, paving the way for California to become the second state where gay and lesbian residents can marry. The...

Ten years ago, Michael Roach and Christie McNally, Buddhist teachers with a growing following in the United States and abroad, took vows never to separate, night or day....

Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won within four years, leaving a functioning democracy there and allowing...

DEARBORN, Mich. -- Jennifer Sharpe, 15, sold the most boxes in a season ever in the 91-year-history of Girl Scout cookies -- 17,328 boxes -- shattering the old record by...

Republicans must regain the confidence of Americans and recast their message to voters to avoid a catastrophe in the fall congressional elections, top GOP officials said...

In his new book, The Dumbest Generation, Emory University English professor Mark Bauerlein argues that the tools of the digital age -- Internet, e-mail, blogs and video...

Texas Child Protective Services conceded Tuesday that a pregnant teen taken from a polygamists' ranch was an adult when she gave birth in San Marcos last month, casting...

Russia and Europe are teaming up to build a spaceship which will fly astronauts to the moon, Russia said on Wednesday, although the European Space Agency struck a more...

Army Staff Sgt. Ronald Blystone, the soldier featured on the cover of the National Review's May 9, 2005, issue under the heading We're Winning, was killed in Iraq by...

Voracious ants that apparently arrived aboard a cargo ship are shorting out electronics across Houston, one of their favorite delicacies. The hairy, reddish-brown...

Former Sen. John Edwards is endorsing Sen. Barack Obama's presidential candidacy Wednesday evening, in a dramatic attempt by the Obama campaign to answer concerns...

A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane today for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring...

The Chicago city council has overturned the city's two-year-old ban on foie gras, the "fatty liver" dish made from the enlarged livers of male ducks and geese.