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Historical dramas focusing on slavery have drawn increased attention in recent weeks.

Survey finds people around the world see ISIS and climate change as biggest national security threat, but Americans differ.

If an asteroid were to suddenly appear and threaten to crash into the Earth, NASA has a few ideas of how to divert the space rock.

Personal information from 650,000 voters were discovered on a voting machine sold on eBay.

When you're using incognito or private browsing mode on Safari, Internet Explorer or Chrome, your browsing history might not be as anonymous as you think, according to two researchers.

The Venezuelan bolivar has struggled to maintain its value against skyrocketing inflation.

As the European Union's new rules for handling personally identifiable information goes into effect, companies in the U.S. need to prepare themselves for compliance.

"America's toughest sheriff" may be forced to see what the other side of a jail cell looks like.

Not everyone is as motivated to tackle these issues.

The Black Lives Matter movement has been to demonstrate the continuum of racist violence against black people throughout American history and also the history of resistance against it.

The risk of developing lung cancer can vary with the number of cigarettes one smokes in a day and the extended period of time that one engages in the habit of smoking.

There is no specific origin of this day and no rule as to how this day must be celebrated.

Two studies published Monday, one about Proxima b and the other a generic one, said planets even in the so-called Goldilocks zones around their stars were not necessarily habitable.

The authors of the study claim that there was a sudden increase in online searches related to suicide after the release of the Netflix teen drama.

An email Prankster based out of the United Kingdom masqueraded as Jared Kushner and Reince Priebus and duped several White House officials.

Justin Timberlake promotes new TV series “The Sinner” and praises his wife Jessica Biel’s performance.

After a dizzying build-up, Bitcoin Cash has launched. Politics will probably define the future of bitcoin.

Authorities arrested a man suspected of using DDoS attacks to intimidate news publications to remove negative stories about him.

Here’s everything we know so far about HBO’s planned new series, “Confederate.”

Wikileaks published a searchable archive of more than 21,000 emails associated with the presidential campaign of Emmanuel Macron Monday morning, along with more than 50,000 additional unique emails it could not “verify.”

Dire wolves are extinct, but one family in Oregon is trying to bring them back — as pets.