Historically, more oil spills happen via train transport than via pipelines, according to a study.
Washington’s reluctance to recognize the fundamental change under way in the Turkey of Erdogan shouldn't surprise us.
President Obama is cutting his own salary, but don't worry. He'll be fine.
North Korea has been notching up its rhetoric against the U.S., threatening nuclear attack, declaring a "state of war" with South Korea and continuing to mobilize missile forces. Is it all just for show or is the country really going to attack?
African and American forces have suspended their operation to rout the LRA, just the U.S. offered a bounty of $5 million for Joseph Kony.
President Obama is making the gesture to show solidarity with furloughed federal workers.
Israel carried out an air strike on the Gaza Strip Wednesday in response to a Palestinian rocket attack on Israel on Tuesday.
The General Assembly passed a treaty Tuesday aimed at keeping weapons from conflict zones and those who commit war crimes or genocide.
President Barack Obama announced the BRAIN Initiative, a $100 million brain-mapping project, on Tuesday.
A new poll suggests a large number of Americans believe in popular conspiracy theories.
As one of the U.S. strongest allies and major trading partner, Japan looms large in Washington’s foreign policy.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama had a busy Easter weekend and April Fools' Day.
In what is now being reported as an April Fools prank, La Poste Group, a French postal service, said it would offer newspaper delivery by way of drones.
Elwin Wilson, a former Klu Klux Klan member who publicly apologized for his racist acts, has died.
Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy, will be named the new U.S. ambassador to Japan.
Republicans think they lost in 2012 because they were out of touch. Members of the tea party populist movement disagree.
Syria's conflict is worsening every day, and the West can help. But U.S. interventions and weapons shipments have a history of backfiring.
A survey finds a quarter of U.S. companies in China face data theft.
A look back at some of Barbara Walters' best interviews with presidents, foreign leaders and celebrities.
Controversy over the so-called "Monsanto Protection Act" has brought the simmering debate over GMOs in America back into the spotlight.
After a 52-year career in broadcast journalism, Barbara Walters may be about to retire at the age of 83.
A new federal conservation plan has ambitious goals, but there's no clear authority or timetables in place.