LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where alleged human rights

California Gov. Jerry Brown set a lofty new target this week: to generate enough clean green energy

Starting decades ago, international governments phased out a class of chemical refrigerants that har

Former NBA star Michael Jordan is selling the Charlotte Hornets to a group of investors led by finan

SINGAPORE — On the day that contractors started hacking at the roof of Tan's Housing Board block in

Hundreds of scientists, doctors, bioethicists, patients, and others started gathering in London Mond

During the Bronze Age some 3,500 years ago, the town of Megiddo, currently in northern Israel, was a

Global warming has been fueling droughts since the early 20th Century, when soils started drying out

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration, who has led a tougher enforcement policy against Bo

The failure to commercialize cellulosic ethanol has led many industry players to write off the much-

The financial effects of the Fukushima nuclear power crisis continued on Wednesday as Germany’s E.O

The four Americans who were shot at and abducted in Mexico were reportedly visiting for medical tour

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Gov.-elect Josh Steinon Thursday challenged

Several environmental and Native American advocacy groups have filed two separate lawsuits against t

Abortion will remain legal in Iowa after the state's high court declined Friday to reinstate a law t