NASA's new Orion spacecraft streaked into orbit Friday on a high-stakes test flight meant to usher in a new era of human exploration leading ultimately to Mars. The unmanned orbital journey began...

Italian news reports say rescue crews have discovered some 17 bodies in the hull of a migrant ship off Libya in the first reported deaths since the European Union took over Mediterranean rescue...

Conjoined twin brothers who share the same the same body and heart were born in Atlanta on Wednesday. Asa and Eli Hamby - who can never be separated - were welcomed into the world at 7.32am via a...

The Vatican's economy czar says the Holy See's finances are in better shape than he thought, revealing that hundreds of millions of euros were kept off the balance sheet and that reforms are...

RUSSIA-RESTIVE-CAUCASUS GROZNY, Russia - Gun battles early Thursday in the capital of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya left 10 police officers and at least nine militants' dead after...

A chimpanzee is not entitled to the rights of a human and does not have to be freed by its owner, a New York appeals court ruled Thursday. The three-judge Appellate Division panel was unanimous...

British police are questioning an Anglican priest, his wife and daughter about a newborn boy's death. The Diocese of Blackburn in northwestern England identified the priest as Rev. Jim...

The next James Bond film has a retro title that evokes the series' past: "SPECTRE" - the dastardly fictional terrorist organization featured in "Dr. No" and other early 007 adventures. Director...

Russia's National Anti-Terrorist Committee says 10 police officers were killed and 28 wounded in gun battles with militants in the capital of Chechnya. The leader of the Russian republic...

A lesbian couple claim they were told to stop kissing one another in a fashionable London eatery by the manager because it is a 'family restaurant', the Daily Mail reports. Lydia Cawson, 29, said...