TROPICS: Erin was a Category 1 hurricane about 340 miles southeast of Newport this morning. The storm will pass well to our ...

The immigrant worker from Uzbekistan entered the bank in Moscow, but when he reached the teller, she refused to serve him and she wouldn’t say why. For him and others from impoverished ...

Just days away from a European deadline, Iran said Friday its foreign minister would hold a telephone conference call with ...

Israel’s defense minister warned on Friday that Gaza City could be destroyed unless Hamas accepts Israel’s terms, as the ...

Strong winds and waves battered Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard and dangerous rip currents threatened from the Carolinas to ...

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said he was acquitted of royal defamation by a court Friday. His lawyer also ...

A major, preliminary magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck in the South Atlantic Ocean late Thursday, the United States Geological Survey reported, prompting Chilean ...

Another U.S. military mini shuttle blasted off Thursday night to conduct classified experiments in space. Launched by SpaceX, ...

A federal website that informs the public about what information agencies are collecting and allows for public comment went down last weekend, and it has only been partially restored. The outage ...

Australia’s defense minister and his Philippine counterpart meet in Manila on Friday for talks spotlighting their concern ...

The Pawtucket Animal Shelter is asking for the public’s assistance after six snakes were found abandoned at a cemetery in the city.

Erik Menendez was denied parole by panel of California commissioners Thursday. During his hearing he offered his most detailed account in years of how he was raised and why he ...