Tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are packed into United Nations shelters as Israeli warplanes pound the tiny territory of 2.3 million people after their Hamas militant rulers launched an unprecedented weekend attack on Israel

The Louisiana congressman was selected after three rounds of voting on Tuesday evening.

Maxim magazine in Australia recently ranked Danielle Laidley, a transgender woman at the 92nd position on its list of the hottest women

Authorities have released new details about how a fugitive managed to escape police custody and dart out of a hospital in Washington, DC -- with a handcuff on one wrist.

Now we know the full scope of the charges, it's clear how dramatic some of the accusations are.

The financial leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations are meeting in Japan as a standoff over the U.S. debt ceiling looms as one of the biggest potential threats to the global economy

People across the United States are facing scorching temperatures during the planet's hottest July on record so far.

The hazardous haze from wildfires in Canada’s northeast has eased there and throughout much of northeastern United States, but Canadian officials warn it could be a marathon fire season and are welcoming the help of firefighters arriving from other countries

Ethnic Armenian refugees began to leave Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday for the first time since Azerbaijan launched an offensive designed to seize control of the breakaway territory...

In 1868, a British lawyer set up the first investment trust to pool together small sums of money

Colorado medical providers will need to get patients’ prior consent before medical students can perform pelvic exams on them while they are unconscious for a procedure under a bill signed into law

All nine Atlantic City casinos turned a profit in the second quarter of this year, although that collective profit was down more than 20% from a year ago