There's a chance Sen. Barack Obama would still be on the road to being the Democratic presidential nominee if it weren't for the acceptance of black athletes and coaches...

Barack Obama is in Israel and the Palestinian territories Wednesday. The Democratic presidential candidate meets with senior officials of the Israeli government and...

Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd has been shepherding a housing bill through the Senate. Dodd talks with Steve Inskeep, explaining why Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are...

A grand jury in El Dorado, Texas, has indicted polygamist leader Warren Jeffs and a group of his followers on charges of sexual assault of a child. They're members of the...

With the Olympics in Beijing less than a month away, the global spotlight is on China — and its treatment of Tibet. The Dalai Lama's chief negotiator, Lodi Gyari...

Some legislators say oil speculation is driving up energy prices. But a report released Tuesday concludes that the spike in oil prices may have more to do with supply and...

Barack Obama is expected to be received with the kind of religious fervor usually reserved for the Pope when he arrives in Germany on Thursday. The presumptive Democratic...

Congress is expected to vote this week on legislation that addresses the home foreclosure crisis and provides financial aid to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The struggling...

When officials at the Food and Drug Administration announced they had found salmonella on a Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper, it meant investigators finally had a solid lead...

U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, who can't stand the way that TV commercials seem louder than everything else, recently introduced a bill to require the FCC to regulate the volume...

For decades, television networks have relied on ratings to sell advertisements. Now, a company, NeuroFocus, studies the brain's responses to TV scenes and commercials to...

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was arrested Monday in Serbia on genocide and other war crimes charges. He had evaded capture for more than a decade. Dejan...

The rare Galapagos tortoise named Lonesome George was thought to be the last of his kind. But Lonesome may soon have a family of his own. George's companion from a...

Pastor Jeff Harlow intended to explain unity in his Sunday sermon in Kokomo, Ind., so he wheeled a motorcycle into church. He wanted to show how the rider becomes one...

Barack Obama has been making news traveling around the Middle East in an effort to strengthen his foreign policy experience. John McCain is at home polishing his...

Beijing has built a lot of fancy new hotels to accommodate throngs of visitors expected for the summer Olympic Games. But culturally curious visitors also have the option...

For Stella Rimington, the author of Illegal Action, secret intelligence is second nature; for nearly 30 years, she worked for MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency,...

In a Guatemalan rainforest, the huff of a rare mammal known as a coatimundi lurks under a toucan's call.» E-Mail This     » Add to...

European film aficionados are noting a resurgence in North Africa's film industry. But Algerian producers and critics say the war-battered and repressive country still...

As traveling becomes more costly and difficult, intercity buses are providing an alternative. Bus companies are enjoying momentous growth as they remake the experience...