Robert Vassallo and Angellette Smith never meant to spend the holidays in Cuba.

Federal wildlife officials are taking applications from farmers who want the government to remove cattail-infested wetlands, the preferred habitat of sunflower-snacking...

Protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer turned violent Wednesday night, with windows broken, streets shut down and...

James Blake beat Australian Lleyton Hewitt and the United States and Australia were tied 1-1 at the Hopman Cup on Thursday.

The Pentagon has decided it will not give the Purple Heart, the prestigious medal awarded to service members wounded or killed in action, to sufferers of post-traumatic...

With help from its design team in China, General Motors Corp. is trying to reinvigorate the Buick brand with its 2010 LaCrosse luxury sedan.

Internet Explorer, the gateway to the internet, or so it was back in the day is anything but now. Currently, there are several decent browsers that can get you to the...

A strange little ritual used to go along with Polaroid cameras. The shooter would grab the print as it came out of the camera and wave it in the air, as if that would...

Space Mountain _ one of Walt Disney World’s most iconic attractions _ will be closing this spring for a makeover.

Banking on the idea that consumers want new ways to tap their ever-growing collections of music, photos and videos, Cisco Systems Inc. unveiled a media hub Wednesday...

The United States has released another $99 million as part of an aid package to support Mexico’s police and soldiers in their fight against drug cartels.

Galveston officials pleaded with state lawmakers Wednesday for help in rescuing their island city from the dire financial straits it finds itself in nearly four months...

Microsoft Corp.’s next version of the Windows operating system is almost ready for prime time.

Two men passed themselves off as foreign currency traders to swindle customers out of $15 million, which they used to pay for a lifestyle that included strip clubs,...

MSNBC political commentator Chris Matthews has told his colleagues he won’t be leaving television to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania.

A national environmental group recommended Wednesday that California overhaul its water-delivery system by building a canal around the Sacramento-San Joaquin River...

A former New York City nightclub bouncer has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for kidnapping a young woman as she walked home from class.

A 16-year-old girl accused of drowning an infant boy in a toilet and throwing the body in the trash in Washington state has been charged with murder.

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.’s new President and CEO Fred Tomczyk received compensation the company valued at $13.5 million in fiscal year 2008, just before taking...

The King of Pop is back _ in town, that is.