It was so hot Monday that it broke the all-time record — and the weatherman’s thermometer. The National Weather Service’s thermometer for downtown Los Angeles headed into uncharted territory at 12:15 p.m. Monday, reaching 113 degrees for...

After she was strapped on to the execution table, Teresa Lewis asked the warden at Greensville Correctional Center if her stepdaughter was in attendance. Then she told him to pass along a final message. “I just want Kathy to know I love her. And...

As Cuba embarks on a bold new experiment - firing 500,000 state workers and letting them plunge into freer markets - experts in the region are watching to see whether the communist government and its baby entrepreneurs can salvage the economy without...

Two people were killed when a woman started shooting employees inside the Kraft Foods baking plant Thursday night in Northeast Philadelphia, police said. A third person was wounded by the woman - identified by co-workers as Yvonne Hiller - who was...

All together 64 people were killed and 274 others wounded in a series of bomb attacks, including suicide car bombings, targeting Iraqi police across the country on Wednesday, a day after the U.S. military announced its troops would drop to below 50,000...

A Utah woman is pregnant with two babies, but they’re not twins. Angie Cromar was born with a rare condition called didelphys, which means she has two uteruses. It didn’t pose a problem for her previous pregnancies, and the 34-year-old has...

As Israel continues to grapple with the international uproar over its flotilla raid, NBC decided to cover a different side of the story by taking a rare insider’s look into daily life in the Gaza Strip.

The entertainer Lena Horne, a show-stopping beauty who battled racism in a frustrating effort to become Hollywood’s first black leading lady, has died at the age of 92. Her son-in-law Kevin Buckley, said the jazz singer died last night at a hospital...

Columbia University has just announced the winners of the 94th annual Pulitzer Prizes. Below are the journalism winners, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board:The ProPublica prize - and an editorial cartooning award for the...

Once upon a time, the beaches of Goa were known for free love. But as a string of high-profile sexual assaults on tourists culminated in the alleged rape of a 9-year-old Russian girl last week, the idyllic strip of sand along the Arabian Sea is fast...