Two-thirds of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track, a poll number that has not shifted much in three years.
A massive snowstorm stranded motorists, canceled flights and left at least eight people dead in the northeastern United States, officials said Wednesday.
Oil rose Friday on buying support after the longest stretch of weekly losses that took prices to 2011 lows, but oversupply concerns made analysts skeptical of...
U.S. consumer spending fell for the first time in eight months in September, but a rise in consumer sentiment to more than a seven-year high this month...
Since his breakthrough with the backward-running "Memento," Christopher Nolan has made a plaything of time.
The Obama administration is ramping up its response to West Africa's Ebola crisis, preparing to assign 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the afflicted region...
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," last weekend's most popular film, collected ticket sales of $28.4 million to top the U.S. and Canadian box office rankings for...
When director Steven Quale began researching tornados for a natural disaster film he turned to YouTube for inspiration from eye-witness accounts to convey the...
When director Steven Quale began researching tornados for a natural disaster film he turned to YouTube for inspiration from eye witness accounts to convey the...
Charlie Haden helped change the shape of jazz more than a half-century ago as a member of Ornette Coleman’s groundbreaking quartet, liberating the contrabass...
Canada’s Andrew Wiggins from the University of Kansas was taken with the number one pick of the 2014 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers Thursday, launching...
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes rose more than expected in April and the stock of houses on the market hit a 3-1/2 year high, further signs the housing...
The upcoming Broadway musical inspired by Tupac Shakur songs will star Saul Williams, the poet and singer best known for the film "Slam.
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes surged to a 5 1/2-year high in January, possibly easing concerns of a sharp slowdown in the housing market.
Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, was trying to explain recently why her state has remained “internationalist” in its soul, even as it shares the...
Interpreting U.S. economic figures in the last couple of months has taken on a familiar pattern: wonder about possible weakness in demand and then dismiss it...
Brent crude oil reversed early losses to trade back above $106 a barrel Friday, rebounding off a two-month low as traders assessed the likelihood of a...
The Archdiocese of Chicago on Wednesday will hand over thousands of pages documenting clergy sex abuse allegations to victims' attorneys who have fought for...
An arctic blast eases its grip on much of the U.S., with winds calming and the weather warming slightly a day after temperature records - some more than a...
After days of an arctic chill so cold that a Chicago zoo brought their polar bear inside, the United States woke up to a break in the weather Wednesday.