Thousands attended the grand opening in St. Mark's Square of the Venice Carnival, celebrated Saturday under heightened security following the sexual assaults on New Year's Eve in Cologne and the...

When the Oscar nominations revealed a second consecutive year of all-white acting nominees, it lit a fire under film academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the first African-American to lead...

A potentially paralyzing blizzard began dumping snow on the southern and eastern United States, spurring mass flight cancelations over the weekend and causing seven states to declare a state of...

A gunman opened fire at a high school and a second location in an aboriginal community in northern Saskatchewan, leaving four dead and at least two injured, officials said. Prime Minister Justin...

WASHINGTON — A potentially paralyzing blizzard begins dumping snow on the southern and eastern United States, spurring mass flight cancelations over the weekend and causing seven states to...

Pope Francis is asking politicians and even his own pastors to watch what they say and how they say it. In his annual message to mark the church's world day of social communications, Francis on...

An effort to decriminalize polygamy by the family from the TV show "Sister Wives" reached its highest level of the legal system so far Thursday as federal appeals judges questioned a lawyer for Utah...

Greece's coast guard says at least 41 people have died in two separate sinkings of boats smuggling migrants off two Greek islands overnight. Dozens have survived, and a search and rescue operation is...

BIG SNOWSTORM WASHINGTON — A massive blizzard plods toward the eastern United States on Friday, with forecasters predicting more than 2 feet (0.61 meters) of snow in Washington and a state...

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a pregnant woman killed in a high speed crash in Hobart, Australia. The youth has been charged with one count of...