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.
New results from a look into the split second after the Big Bang indicate the universe is a bit older than previously thought but the core concepts of the cosmos _ how it began, what it's made of and where it's going _ seem to be on the right track.
When the US Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of marriage for gay men and lesbians in the coming week, the justices will be taking a major step toward defining their own legacy.
The death toll from torrential downpours lashing the mountain areas of Southeast Brazil has reached 30.
The US House of Representatives on Thursday voted to approve a government spending bill to avoid a shutdown of the federal government before a two-week recess of lawmakers.
US President Barack Obama called on the Israeli government Thursday to stop building settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, saying continued settlement activity is "counterproductive" to peace.
Brazil's capital city, struggling to finish a new soccer stadium in time for an upcoming dress rehearsal for the 2014 World Cup, is turning to a surprising partner for help: the United Nations.
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday pressed forward with its aggressive policy stimulus despite improvements in the US economy.
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday picked Indiana University to win the NCAA annual men's college basketball tournament, joining in the "March Madness" office pool craze that sweeps America every spring.
Survivors of Guatemala's bloody civil war relived the massacre of relatives as they testified on Wednesday against former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who is accused of overseeing genocide during the 36-year conflict.
San Diego's mayor has placed a prime stretch of beach inhabited by seals and the area around it off-limits to the public between sunset and dawn.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister said his country has suspended an informal communication channel to improve relations with the United States.
The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that it will keep buying assets at the current pace of $85 billion a month to bolster economic growth.
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