British tourist Michael Baugh and his wife said water had only trickled for days as they brushed their teeth, showered and drank from the taps at the Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, but they...

British tourist Michael Baugh and his wife said water had only trickled for days as they brushed their teeth, showered and drank from the taps at the Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, but they...

Popular pressure is mounting in the U.S. and Italy to keep California Cardinal Roger Mahony away from the conclave to elect the next pope because of his role shielding sexually abusive priests, a...

    A thirsty and thin royal penguin has been found stranded on a New Zealand beach more than 1,000 miles from its sub-Antarctic home.   The penguin was found by hikers...

    Elena Hristova, a 73-year-old retiree, had always paid her bills on time.   But when she received an electricity bill that amounted to 60 percent of her monthly pension,...

    Pope Benedict XVI may enact a new law governing the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope amid continued uncertainty over when the voting can begin.   The Vatican...

    Tens of thousands of anti-austerity demonstrators took to the streets of Athens on Wednesday as unions staged a general strike to protest government spending cuts and tax hikes,...

Until recently, relatively little attention was paid to states’ balance sheets. Measurement and reporting were neglected. Even today, states’ liabilities receive considerable attention,...

If opinion polls are right, he's the man headed to win Italy's elections this month.   No, not Silvio Berlusconi, the flamboyant media mogul chased out of office by Europe's debt...

    Tunisia's prime minister announced his resignation Tuesday following a failed effort to form a technocratic government to see the country out of its political...