Drug gangs in Mexico and Central America are morphing into an insurgency like the one that gripped Colombia 20 years ago, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan tells NBC News that a Florida church’s plan to burn the Quran would fuel anti-U.S. hatred rivaling the backlash against the U.S. abuses at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison.
Handing a victory to the Obama administration, a sharply divided federal appeals court dismisses a lawsuit involving the CIA's secret program to imprison suspects abroad.
For a city already struggling with high unemployment, widespread foreclosures and deep budget cuts, here was another crisis: Wind-whipped fires tearing through row after row of homes, some of them abandoned.
The FBI has begun to collect information relating to a plan by a radical Christian pastor in Florida to stage a public Quran burning. But officials say they don't believe the FBI or any other federal authority has the power to stop at least a token Quran burning by the Rev. Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center.
Bodyguard Fernando Flores maintains former boss Britney Spears physically abused her children while he was on the job, striking her young son with Flores' own belt.
Transocean Ltd., the owner of the doomed rig leased by BP, says BP's internal investigation into the explosion and Gulf oil spill covered up the critical factor leading to the tragedy: the well design.
President Barack Obama strongly defended his opposition to extending Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans on Wednesday and delivered a searing attack on Republicans for advocating "the same philosophy that led to this mess in the first place."
The group of Muslims planning to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque near ground zero appears plagued by divisions that raise questions about the future of the project.
Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki stretched her winning streak to 13 matches by beating 45th-ranked Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 7-5 in the U.S. Open quarterfinals Wednesday night.
Actor Kelsey Grammer is an investor and public face supporting a new network that launched Wednesday with entertainment designed to appeal to political conservatives.
Some critics have blamed environmentalists for the current bedbug plague, arguing that the 1972 ban on DDT is a root cause. But there is virtually no demand, including from the pest-control industry, to bring back DDT to use against bedbugs, and widespread agreement that, environmental concerns aside, it wouldn’t work.
Turns out mom was right. You can put your eye out playing with unsafe toys. The “toy” in this case was a handheld laser, purchased from the Internet by a 15-year-old Swiss boy.
But chronic drinking has been linked to high levels of the stress hormone cortisol , which can be dangerous to health. But stopping suddenly can cause the brain's neurons to degenerate, research shows.
Her lawyer said Wednesday that "Jersey Shore" star Nicole Polizzi was under the influence of alcohol when she stumbled around the beach in Seaside Heights, using loud language.
Skolnick: Ask most NFL observers, and they'll argue that quarterback stability creates coaching stability . With their quarterbacks in place, the Patriots, Colts and Eagles had no need to keep changing head coaches - and so they didn't. They also thrived during the last decade.
With his approval rating sliding, the president in the next few weeks is primarily sticking to big cities and other party strongholds where he can help fellow Democrats in the midterm election homestretch.
The Taliban's shadowy leader told Afghans on Wednesday that the insurgents are winning the war and warned Americans that they are wasting lives and billions in tax dollars by continuing in the conflict.
The Dalai Lama has given $50,000 from his personal trust to support research into the science behind kindness and compassion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Elderly heiress Huguette Clark's attorney has responded to an effort by her relatives to oust him by ridiculing them as Johnny-come-latelies. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.
