In addition to the tragic loss of life and widespread damage to homes and businesses, the tornadoes that hit Oklahoma this week have also taken a heavy toll on the area's animals.
In what could be the most drastic change to North Korea society since the nation's founding, the government has announced new rules that would give farmers some small bit of ownership over the crops they grow.
The owners of Village Voice Media (and the original founders of one of that company's 13 alt-weekly newspapers) have decided to sell all their publications in order to distance the news from their controversial adult services website.
A Foxconn plant that creates parts for Apple's new iPhone had to be shut down today after a huge dormitory brawl escalated into a riot involving as many as 2,000 workers.
Researchers at Cornell University studied the last meals of 247 death row inmates to find out precisely what they ordered and how people handle nutrition when longterm health stops being a worry.
Three militants armed with explosives and guns attacked a military checkpoint on Israel's border with Egypt today, killing one soldier before all three were killed by return fire.
Pakistan declared Friday to be a public "day of love" for the Prophet Mohammed, leading to new protests that are being tied to the anti-Islamic video that fueled demonstrations for more than a week.
Researchers have found a disturbing trend while examining life expectancy in the United States, as the least educated white Americans have actually seen a massive drop in number of years that they live.
In one the weirdest (and most effective) political ads of the season, nearly the entire cast of The West Wing has reunited to shoot a campaign ad — in character — for a candidate for Michigan's Supreme Court. How did this ever come together?
Burglars who hit the Santa Monica home of "bond guru" Jeffery Gundlach made off with $10 million in property, including several one-of-a-kind paitings and a Porsche.
A group of French researchers published a study yesterday linking Monsanto's genetically modified corn to cancer in rats, but other food scientists aren't convinced the data holds water.
American intelligence officials insist that the attack on the Benghazi consulate last week was not pre-planned, but a new CNN report says that Ambassador Chris Stevens had expressed concerns about the safety of the mission in the months before his death.
After a mysterious absences and unanswered questions about his health, we now know that Chinese vice president Xi Jinping is at least feeling well enough to get involved in his country's ongoing dispute with Japan.
Less than a year after getting its office firebombed over a cartoon of Mohammed, the French staire magazine Charlie Hedbo couldn't pass up an opportunity to insert itself into the controversy and protests engulfing the Muslim world.
As we get closer to November 6 and polls start to look more and more like predictions, new numbers from the ongoing Senate races show the Democrats clinging to their slim majority this fall.
Everyone is still trying to make sense (or in the Democrats' case, make hay with) Mitt Romney's disparging remarks about "the 47 percent," but where did he come with that number and why are these people not paying income taxes?
An Iranian nuclear scientist says two of his country's nuclear facilities were attacked last month, in separate explosions that he blames on sabotage.
A French court has granted an injunction on behalf of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with the court ordering a French magazine to turn over all their copies of Kate Middleton's topless photos and preventing their further publication.
A suicide bomber targeting foreign workers in Kabul has killed 14 people, and the group responsible is trying to tie the attack to the still ongoing protests over the anti-Muslim video.
A new video surfaced over the weekend showing a group of unknown men pulling Ambassador Christopher Stevens from the burned-out wreckage of the American consulate in Benghazi. But who are they and why where they there?
The United Nations has drawn up a list of individuals and military units it believes are guilty of war crimes in Syria, though Human Rights Watch also says that opposition forces are guilty of torture and summary executions as well.
September 17 is the one-year anniversary of the first official Occupy Wall Street protests, and to mark the occasion, protesters are getting the band back together.
Chinese protests against Japan escalated over the weekend as angry demonstrators violently attacked Japanese businesses, forcing several of them to suspend their operations in the country.
After getting temporarily bumped by CBS, Mitt Romney sat down with George Stephanopoulos to talk about Libya, Egypt, Iran, QE3, the upcoming debates, and food fights with his grandkids.
The British royal family is threatening legal action against the French magazine Closer after they published topless paparazzi photos of the Duchess of Cambridge
Libyan officials say they have arrested four people in connection with the attack on the Benghazi embassy, though it isn't clear what role they might have played in the assault.
The Federal Reserve has announced a new round of Quantitative Easing, hoping to boost a sluggish economy with a influx of new cash.
A fascinating look at the inner workings of the Cairo embassy during Tuesday's riots shows just how badly their controversial statement about "religious feelings" was botched by diplomats in Egypt.
Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi apologized for the attack on the U.S. embassy in Cairo today and promised to defend it in the future, but only after a tense phone call with Barack Obama.
Hundreds of protesters have descended on the U.S. embassy in Yemen, as outrage over an anti-Muslim video continues across the Middle East.
CNN reports that the United States will send unmanned drones to Libya to look for jihadist camps, as the White House now accepts the belief that the Benghazi attack was the premeditated work of terrorists.
New photos have been released from the burned-out American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that show what remains of the damaged buildings in the light of day.
Republicans saw yesterday's protests in the Middle East as an opportunity to hit the president over foreign policy, but the death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens has fundamentally altered that debate.
Two separate fires in two different Pakistani cities have killed nearly 300 people after two factories were overrun by flames, trapping many of the workers inside.
Reuters is reporting that four Americans were killed in the attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi, and that one was the U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens.
Wendy Rosen, the Democratic nominees for Maryland's 1st Congressional District, is withdrawing from the race after allegations that she may have cast votes in more than one state during two previous elections.
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta gave a heated interview to CBS This Morning on Tuesday, lashing out at the Navy SEAL whose controversial book about the Osama bin Laden raid has upset many in the military community.
The Chinese government still won't say what's going on with "missing" vice president Xi Jingping, but assurances that his absences are no big deal don't sound very reassuring.
A midday attack on a police station in Istanbul killed at least one officer, wounded several others and leaves people in Turkey pointing the figure at who is to blame.
Politicians are constantly reminding us about the debt we are leaving for children, but it seems that our children aren't really bothered — since they mistakenly think they'll be getting all our cash as well.
The Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey, was arrested along with seven other people as the FBI prepares to unleash formal charges following a months-long corruption investigation.
There seems to be some confusion about what provisions of Obamacare Mitt Romney says he wants to keep, but some of that confusion seems to belong to Romney himself.
Both presidential campaigns released their August fundraising numbers and for the first time since April, President Obama's bank account came out on top.
Vice President Joe Biden may be the only public speaker who veers off course more than Bill Clinton, but a comparison of his written and spoken text from last night's convention address reveals a very different lesson in the art of speech making.
The monthly jobs report fell far short of expectations, but President Obama gets some sliver of good news as the unemployment rate falls to the lowest number of his administration.
The New York Times reports that the U.S. government is planning to officially designate the Haqqani militant group a terrorist organization, elevating its status in the Afghan war, but making it an easier target for international sanctions and military action.
Convention season came to a close last night with President Obama's second acceptance speech as the Democratic nominee. So how did he do?
If you were following any journalists on Twitter last night, one of the most remarked upon aspects of Bill Clinton's nomination speech was how liberally he deviated from the prepared text. We decided to compare the two versions.
After a messy fight over their platform, the Democratic party turned to the one man who can still be counted on for a barn-burning speech. So how did former President Bill Clinton do?
Human Rights Watch has released a new report claiming that CIA agents arrested and tortured opponents of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi before turning suspects over to his regime.
A massive earthquake registering 7.6 on the Richter Scale has struck off the Pacific edge of Costa Rica, triggering tsunami warnings up and down the rim of Central and South America.
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