UC Santa Barbara students attend a candlelight vigil following Friday's series of drive-by shootings that left 7 people dead in the Isla Vista section of Santa Barbara May 24, 2014.
Edward Snowden has disclosed that the US government had been hacking into computers in Hong Kong and on the Chinese mainland since 2009, sparking extensive discussions about the US cyber policy.US should 'explain hacking activity'
Public transportation workers in Brazil's Sao Paulo went on strike Thursday, causing a massive traffic jam in the country's largest city.
Twenty-four US NBA fans were injured, three critically, Thursday night when the back section of a restaurant and bar in Miami, Florida, collapsed into water.
A train carrying passengers during the morning rush-hour Thursday crashed into another stationary empty train outside Buenos Aires, killing three people and injuring more than 300 others.
Americans' confidence in Congress has declined to a record low of 10 percent, ranking the legislative body last on a list of 16 US societal institutions for the fourth straight year, said a Gallup poll released Thursday.
A train crash early Thursday outside Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, has left three people dead and another 135 injured.
News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from his wife Wendi, the company confirmed on Thursday, just days before News Corp. itself splits into two.
The FBI Director Robert Mueller Thursday defended the classified phone and internet surveillance programs and vowed to hold the leaker responsible for the disclosure. US should 'explain hacking activity'
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At least one person was killed and 30 others injured in a train collision accident about 25 km west of the Argentine capital in the early hours of Thursday, local media reported.
Former NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden revealed the massive US global surveillance program.
In his first interview since disappearing from his hotel in Hong Kong, whistleblower Edward Snowden has said that he is neither a traitor nor a hero.
The number of people infected with the H1N1 virus in Venezuela rose sharply by 57.18 percent in a week's time, to reach 1,138 cases.