A young US woman who allegedly bit her bulldog during a drunken argument with her mother was charged with animal cruelty and domestic battery, police said on Monday.

Neighbors called police after hea

US automaker Ford Motor Co. has reported that it notched a profit of $1.4 billion in the first quarter of 2012, a decrease of 45 per cent compared to the same period of last year, as higher tax expens

The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, said on Wednesday he would not alter his non-violent quest for greater Tibetan autonomy, even after Beijing blamed him for inciting a wave of unrest.

Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson broke down in tears on Monday while testifying at the trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in a jealous rage four years ago.

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Talk about a pretty penny. A 1792-dated copper cent has sold for $1.15 million, a US auction house said on Friday.

The experimental coin with a silver center was one of the first ever struck at the

People who sleep less than six hours per night or more than eight are more likely to suffer heart problems than people who sleep between six and eight hours, said a US study on Sunday.

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney swept to victory in the Republican primary in Illinois on Tuesday, winning by a wide margin, US television networks projected.

Fox News and CNN both showed R

Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. said on Tuesday that it will stop publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia for the first time since the sets were originally published more than 200 years a

Scientists said they have got even closer to proving the existence of the elusive Higgs boson, the so-called “God particle” that supplies mass to matter and would complete Albert Einstein’s theory of the universe.

US Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday defended the government's use of 'lethal force', even against American citizens abroad, as part of the effort to protect the nation against terror attacks.

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