The New York City police commissioner says a person who's in custody has implicated himself in the disappearance and death of Etan Patz 33 years ago.

In a rare glimpse into cyber warfare tactics, a top U.S. official has explicitly acknowledged that the U.S. government hacked into websites run by Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen, changing advertisements that boasted about killing Americans into advertisements that underscored the deaths of Muslim civilians...

Egyptians swarmed polling stations on the second day Thursday of a gripping presidential election in which candidates are pitting stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's rule.

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney opened a new front in his fight against President Obama, accusing him of presiding over a failing U.S. education system in the grip of union bosses who refuse to accept reforms.

Iran's navy said Thursday it saved an American-flagged cargo ship that was being attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Oman.

The fallout from Facebook's messy initial public offering widened as shareholders sued the social network and its bankers while a trading firm revealed a massive loss on the shares and threatened to seek "remedies."

After four months and a record-setting 132 million votes, the 11th "American Idol" winner was announced Wednesday night.

There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country?

The percent of Americans who identify as “pro-choice” regarding legalized abortion is at a new low of 41 percent, according to a newly released Gallup poll. The figure is one percent lower than the previous all-time low registered by Gallup, which was in May 2009....