As the nation gears up to celebrate America's birthday, here are some Fourth of July highlights from around the country: ___ IN AMERICA'S BIRTHPLACE: CONCERTS, A PARADE AND...

With aid negotiations off and ATMs running out of money, it's not speculation any more. Greece could leave the euro. And soon. What would that mean for the Greek people and for the European...

DALAI LAMA BIRTHDAY IRVINE, California — It won't be a small, private affair when the Dalai Lama celebrates his 80th birthday this weekend in southern California. Hundreds of well-wishers...

 Greeks packed city squares for dueling rallies late into the night Friday, as polls showed a dead heat between the 'yes' and 'no' camps ahead of a bailout referendum Sunday that could be...

Pope Francis has appealed to faithful to put divisions aside amid persecution and slaying of Christians in parts of the world. Francis told some 30,000 people in St. Peter's Square today: "The...

On his 10-year trip home, the Greek hero Odysseus at one point had to steer his ship and crew between Scylla, a six-headed monster, on one side of a narrow stretch of water and the whirlpool Charybdis...

A plane powered by the sun's rays landed in Hawaii today after a record-breaking five-day journey across the Pacific Ocean from Japan. Pilot Andre Borschberg and his single-seat aircraft landed...

Judges at a Scottish court today ruled that relatives of people killed in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland cannot launch an appeal on behalf of the only man convicted of the...

While Europeans seek relief from unusually high temperatures spreading across the continent, the U.N. weather agency says the region is better prepared than in the past to avoid major...

A poignant photo has emerged which shows an elderly couple who were married for 75 years fulfilling their final wishes to die together, The Daily Mail reports. Jeanette Toczko, 96,...