Overnight thunderstorms peppered the Northeast on Monday and threatened to return with damaging wind gusts and hail as record-breaking heat tightened its grip on the Southern and Central Plains.
People including James Cameron and the airline titan Richard Branson, have taken aim at one of the most remote places on the planet.
the very wealthy have begun investing in private vessels to explore the other great frontier: the ocean's depths.
Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) unearthed two mummies at La Cueva del Gigante, or the Cave of the Giant, located in the Sierra Tarahumara region in North Mexico.
Oil fell on Monday, reversing gains as weak U.S. manufacturing data and a firming dollar hit crude prices that were buoyed earlier by a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.
Midwest cash gasoline differentials rose on Monday following cycle changes in both Chicago and Group Three markets.
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The La Linea boss is wanted for 1,500 murders
Brent crude futures hit a 6-week high on Monday, topping $120 a barrel, due to a relief rally after Washington reached a last-minute deal to escape default.
When U.S. Immigration agents found a boatload of Mexican castaways huddled on a Malibu beach, and a larger group marooned a week later on an island north of Los Angeles, they realized it was a new trend.
As Tropical Storm Don fizzled out, hopes that heavy rains would provide some relief to a dry and parched south Texas suffering its worst drought in years also disappeared.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami lifted its storm warning by Friday.
Harrison Ford was on David Letterman promoting his latest film "Cowboys & Aliens" when Letterman ran his hand through Ford's hair.
What to expect from Jurgen Klinsmann as head coach
Former Germany World Cup winner and manager Juergen Klinsmann was named United States coach Friday, the U.S. soccer federation said.
Officials with the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms did not inform the White House of a disastrous program that allowed weapons to flow to violent Mexican drug cartels.
There is a short list of candidates to replace Bradley
Indiana state lawmakers, who are analyzing the implications of amending its drug laws to decriminalize marijuana, were told by a panel of experts that the prohibition of marijuana in U.S. is a failed model and Indiana stands a chance to benefit from decriminalizing marijuana.
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A new travel application, available for download for free at iTunes stores, will help travelers to explore one of the world?s largest cities at ease.
Big gains in Latin America covered up U.S. declines at Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL.N) and Avon Products Inc (AVP.N), with the world's largest direct seller of cosmetics seen as having a harder road to recovery.
U.S. hog futures advanced on Thursday on renewed talk China may be seeking more U.S. pork, record high wholesale pork prices and higher live cash hog markets in the U.S. Midwest.