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.
JP Morgan Chase & Co. plans to cut up to 19,000 jobs in its mortgage and community banking businesses by the end of 2014, the biggest US bank by assets announced on Tuesday.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Monday congratulated his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro on his re-election as president of Cuba's State Council.
Brazil is hit again by an outbreak of dengue fever, Health Minister Alexandre Padilha said on Monday.
Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, a pediatric surgeon known for his anti-smoking campaigns and efforts to improve diet and nutrition, died at his home in Hanover, New Hampshire, on Monday.
Nearly three years after a deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, a judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a high-stakes trial for the raft of litigation spawned by the disaster.
The White House escalated a campaign on Monday to convince Americans dire consequences await if government spending cuts go ahead on March 1.
Cuban President Raul Castro announced he will step down after his second term ends in 2018, with the new parliament naming a 52-year-old rising star to become his first vice-president and most visible successor.
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague met with visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry separately on Monday, as part of his first trip abroad after succeeding Hilary Clinton.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has sounded a warning to Rio 2016 officials about delays to key infrastructure projects.
Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power Sunday reelected Cuban leader Raul Castro Ruz to a second five-year term.
Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro made a rare public appearance Sunday at the first session of the new National Assembly of People's Power, which is expected to reelect his brother Raul Castro to a second five-year term as president.
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday kicked off his 11-day maiden voyage to nine countries in Europe and the Middle East, with focus on the conflicts in Mali, Syria and Afghanistan.