While American cities started limping back to normalcy from around a week-long disaster created by Hurricane Irene, on the other side of the globe one more natural disaster -- Super-typhoon Nanmadol -- left at least 16 confirmed and many others feared dead after hitting the Philippines last weekend.
Apple has offered $384 million in stock to its newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer, Tim Cook, locking him up through 2021.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Friday the U.S. economy needed more stimulus to get it moving, putting in a plug for government measures shortly before the White House unveils new proposals to boost job growth.
As the obesity epidemic continues to escalate, a new study projects that half of the U.S. will be obese by 2030 unless measures to stifle, monitor and prevent obesity are adopted into public policy.
Latest reports show Hurricane Irene progressing northward at 14 mph and is expected to make landfall on Saturday with North Carolina and New York in the storm's path. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, declared a state of emergency on Thursday, activating all levels of state government to prepare for any situation that may be caused by Hurricane Irene.
U.S. Atlantic coastal residents from the barrier islands of North Carolina to the capital in Washington and the financial center of New York rushed to prepare on Thursday for an assault by powerful Hurricane Irene.
A U.S. Navy panel has ruled that the former commander of the USS Enterprise committed misconduct by broadcasting raunchy videos aboard the aircraft carrier, but that he should not be discharged.
After causing widespread damage in Bahamas on Thursday, Hurricane Irene is now heading to North Carolina, New York with winds over 115 miles per hour.
An unmanned Russian spacecraft carrying three tons of food, fuel and water for the International Space Station crashed about five minutes after it was launched, NASA officials said Wednesday.
A Russian spacecraft carrying three tons of food, fuel and water for the International Space Station broke down about five minutes after it blasted off on Wednesday.
NOAA has released the updated and impoverished list of the costliest tropical cyclones in the United States during 1900-2010. These hurricanes caused huge property damage worth billions.
Hurricane Irene could reach the New York area by Sunday night or Monday morning, and residents should prepare, officials say.
A strengthening Hurricane Irene churned on a northwest track toward the Southeast United States on Tuesday, threatening the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas with battering winds and rain and dangerous surf.
The most widely held academic background was government and law (34.8 percent) followed by the humanities (20.9 percent). Science and technology accounted for 11.5 percent) .
Different reports suggested that Nato allies deployed their forces and intelligence services in Libya secretly in order to pave path for rebel forces to Tripoli.
Hurricane Irene hit the island of Hispaniola Monday, with 100 mile per hour winds and severe rain battering the Dominican Republic, but so far missing Haiti.
Vice President Joe Biden said on Monday China's leaders did not seek reassurances about the weak U.S. economy, and he called Xi Jinping -- the man expected to take over as China's next president -- pragmatic and strong.
Here's President Barack Obama's statement on the developments in Libya
In 1900, the Great Galveston Hurricane in Texas killed up to 12,000 people.
The U.S. stock market had a mini-meltdown on Thursday as fears about a second recession in the United States and Europe rattled investors.
Researchers at IBM are collaborating with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for the Phase 2 of the much speculated cognitive computing project called SyNAPSE.
Mid- and small-capitalization stocks sank for a third straight day on Thursday in a wide selloff on continued fears about the global economy's growth prospects.
