TAIPEI, Taiwan — For 30 minutes, the internet in parts of Taiwan crawled. The slowdown Thursday for people in the capital, Taipei, and six other cities and localities was part of the last phase of the ...

Some swing voters might not be quick to reject socialist political candidates.

Sailors and family members who were evacuated from U.S. bases in the Middle East months ago are waiting for the military to figure out what will happen to the lives they left behind.

The New York-based string quartet's new album Rhythm Nation teems with beats ranging from West Africa and Venezuela to jazz ...

Consumer prices in July were up 3.4% from a year ago — a smaller annual increase than in May or June. The news makes it less ...

Government attorneys are asking a North Carolina federal judge to apply a strict legal blueprint borrowed from a completely separate, high-profile case involving Tylenol. In a national lawsuit, ...

Kalisizo, Uganda — Along the deeply rutted red dirt roads of central Uganda's Lake Victoria coast, there is little for miles beyond banana groves and bustling markets. The landscape is unassuming — ...

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Republican leaders chose N.C. Rep. Jennifer Balkcom as the new candidate for Congress, opening a spot for a new candidate for the 117th district in the NC House election.

As the sky darkened, gradually at first and then quickly, people broke into applause and cheered. It was the Spain's first total solar eclipse in more than a century.

JERUSALEM — The U.S. Ambassador to Israel condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli ...

It isn't a simple process. Over the 16 tracks that make up this capacious album, Bridgers starts and starts again: in the middle, at the end and at the beginning. Though Lost Weekend rewards an ...