For the second time in less than a year, a giant panda is making headlines for acting pregnant to get more snacks, fancier accommodations, and round-the-clock care out of zookepers. Taipei Zoo officials were reportedly thrilled in early June when the ...

Police in India say they have held 16 people in connection with the killing of a woman accused of practising witchcraft. Purni Orang, 63, was stripped naked and beheaded by villagers in Assam state, after she was blamed for illness in a tribal settle ...

What's it like to stare down some of the fastest professional serves in tennis? See for yourself in this video.

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter. Steve Jobs is direc ...

Lionsgate is planning to develop at least two movies from Homer’s “The Odyssey” with “Hunger Games” director Francis Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson attached. CEO Jon Feltheimer made the disclosure Friday in response to a question during the comp ...

The United States and Cuba appear to be edging closer to an agreement to restore full diplomatic ties, with President Raúl Castro of Cuba saying Tuesday that his country was ready to exchange ambassadors once it was formally removed this month from t ...

Another 234 women and children are rescued from Boko Haram Islamist militants in north-eastern Nigeria, the country's military announces.

Dennis Quaid freaks out and storms off set.

The soaring adventures of Hiccup and Toothless have never been confined to the limits of a movie theater—and this June, the stars of How to Train Your Dragon will take flight in an all-new original animated series premiering in its entirety on Netfli ...

The new Internet domain .sucks has stirred up a firestorm over free online speech and the potential for extortion against companies and individuals. What has fueled concerns is that the domain registrar, a Canadian-based company called Vox Populi, is ...

Duke's win over Wisconsin in the NCAA Tournament Championship Game propelled an Illinois sixth-grader into the top spot of ESPN's Bracket Challenge. The 68-63 finish Monday night propelled the bracket filled out by Sam Holtz, 12, of Lake Zu ...

An extensive investigation into an 18,700-year-old human grave in northern Spain is revealing insights about this unique woman and her culture.

If we are now in fact living in a global village, it’s one where the inhabitants agree on just one thing: capitalism is the ideal model for generating economic growth. Everything else – political structure, religious and cultural values, and who gets ...

In 2012, the Federal Trade Commission investigated Google to determine whether the company's monopoly on the search market violated anti-trust laws. The Commission ultimately accepted a settlement with the search giant, but a confidential FTC re ...

The Franklin & Bash star — and Saved by the Bell alum — has booked the leading role in NBC's comedy pilot People Are Talking, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. From Growing Up Fisher's DJ Nash, the multicamera comedy will examine sex, ...

But wait, there’s more — hidden charges! A company that hawks “As Seen on TV” wares like the Snuggie and Perfect Bacon Bowl will fork over $8 million to settle charges that it duped customers, sources said Thursday. Allstar Marketing Group promised “ ...

The route used by mountaineers to scale Mount Everest is to be changed amid fears of an increased avalanche risk. Nepal will change the path next month after a deadly collapse in 2014 killed 16 Sherpa guides - the worst single loss of life in expedit ...

Japan will offer an extra $15m in aid to fight armed groups in the Middle East and Africa. Still reeling from the murder of two nationals by members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, Japan hopes to demonstrate its resolve not ...

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