Law enforcement officials are still trying to explain how a supposedly peaceful interview with an important witness in the Boston bombing case turned into a deadly shooting, but as usual, every new attempt to explain the death of Ibragim Todashev onl ...

By now you know some racist dicks have whipped themselves up in a frenzy of racist dickery over the portrayal of an interracial family in a Cheerios ad. You see, Cheerios has committed the heinous crime of “acknowledging that interracial families exi ...

A Chinese tourist damaged a 3,000-year-old site in Luxor and publicly shared the image on Chinese social media, which has since gone viral.

Imagine this: You’re hosting your annual $4500 a plate dinner for Socially Challenged Purebred Poodles. The food is hot and pricey and fancy. You can tell because it’s the type of stuff that has at least three names and always tastes better with fres ...

Dozens of American children are abducted to Japan every year—not by strangers, but by parents after messy divorces.

Expectations for the Facebook IPO were sky-high a year ago. Now, we all know how things turned out -- and Facebook's stronger because of it.

I awoke aboard a boat, just before daybreak, which was weird. The last thing I remembered was being in San Francisco’s Moscone Center, wrapping up a four-hour Google I/O keynote liveblogging session.

Introducing the F-117.

Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei made a rare public appearance on Thursday to deny allegations that his company's telecommunications equipment poses a threat to U.S. national security.

Simple little device made from a dog leash.

Have you got yourself a pair of those new sci-fi-like augmented-reality glasses by Google? If you've missed the boat, have no fear, as Google is constantly launching new products and apps meant to disrupt not only technology but daily life as we ...

The larger they are, the easier they are.

A research centre at the New York Public Library posted a photo taken in Harlem in 1939 featuring a man who bares a striking resemblance to modern-day music producer, baseball agent and self-proclaimed best rapper alive Jay-Z.

Actors have a saying: There are no small roles. IBM is seriously challenging that expression, however, now that it's created a short film where the actors are actually individual atoms.

New psychological research helps explain why some see intricate government conspiracies behind events like 9/11 or the Boston bombing...

US President Barack Obama has pledged a new push to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amid a growing prisoner hunger strike there.

A mother forced her 14-year-old adopted daughter to inseminate herself with donor sperm to provide a baby for her after she was prevented from adopting any more children, it can be revealed.

Not far from Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, there's a nondescript building that looks like it might be home to a new stealth startup. But if you walk in the front door, you won't find cubicles and computers. You� ...

London's Lambeth Palace, home to the Archbishop of Canterbury, also has a leading historic book collection. The palace's library was the scene of a major crime that stayed undiscovered for decades.

Video: Colombian company envisions a new, post-Newtown market.