The tentacle-like growth of clandestine advertising in American TV shows in the form of product placement has taken another controversial step.
An emergency plan by the US government to stabilise the nation’s two biggest mortgage finance corporations won cross-party support last week.
Batman sequel The Dark Knight rewrites the box-office record books as audiences flock to see late actor Heath Ledger in his last film role.
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain and his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, are in the final stretch of selecting their running mates.
Tropical Storm Dolly churned toward southern Texas late on Monday, and forecasters said they expected it to grow into a hurricane.
It was only when a neuroanatomist had a stroke that she understood the gulf between the left and right parts of the brain, writes Emma Brock.
A New Jersey man trying to exterminate insects in his apartment blew it up instead, the New York Daily News reported on Monday.
A US woman was charged with murder after she allegedly drugged a pregnant woman, cut her baby the her womb and tried to pass the child off as her own.
As the dollar sinks against the euro, more and more European travellers are arriving on Florida shores.
The first US war-crimes trial since World War II began on Monday at the US navy base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your feet in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away.
Yahoo! announced on Monday it has reached an agreement with corporate raider Carl Icahn, ending his effort to oust the internet giant’s board.
Italy’s Valentino Rossi stretched his lead atop the MotoGP standings on Sunday with a win in the United States Grand Prix.
His billowing, writhing designs have made Frank Gehry one of the most celebrated architects in
the world. He talks to Jonathan Glancey.
Bulky solar panels may be a thing of the past. Spurred by advances in technology, panel makers are scrambling to come up with neater designs.
Reigning world champion Casey Stoner of Australia captured his fifth straight pole position on Saturday in qualifying for Sunday’s US MotoGP.
San Francisco voters, never thrilled with George Bush, may give the US president a parting shot in November by naming a sewage plant after him.
The US has shifted position on diplomacy with Iran by sending a senior envoy to participate in nuclear talks with Iran, the US confirmed on Friday.
United States scientists have scrapped plans for a large trial of a HIV vaccine due to concerns about its effectiveness.
Barack Obama’s stock has risen further amid reports that anchors of three US networks were planning to catch up with him on his overseas trip.
Merrill Lynch has agreed to sell its 20% stake in Bloomberg for ,5bn — a deal which provided a glimpse of the fortune amassed by Michael Bloomberg.
Kay Ryan, an award-winning poet, mountain-bike rider and self-described ”modern hermit”, has been named the next United States poet laureate.
Barack Obama will flash Kennedy-style charisma but face a stern test as a novice on the world stage in the Middle East and Europe next week.
Joypad dexterity, that most 21st-century of skills, is poised to assume a key role on the battlegrounds of Afghanistan and Iraq.
The US plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years as part of a turnaround in policy by President George Bush.
Arguments rage in the US about whether anthropologists should be helping the military. Kurt Jacobsen reports.
Athletics coach Trevor Graham has been banned for life by the United States Anti-Doping Agency over doping.
Les Crane, a talk radio innovator and Grammy winner remembered as the first television host to take on Johnny Carson, died on July 13. He was 74.
Americans are sharply divided by race ahead of the first presidential election in which a black candidate will represent a major party.
In a shift in policy, the United States will send an envoy to talks this weekend between Iran and major powers over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
A parole board on Tuesday denied a ”compassionate release” for former Charles Manson family member Susan Atkins, who is dying from terminal cancer.
Omar Khadr, the only Western prisoner still held at Guantánamo Bay, broke down and wept when questioned by Canadian interrogators.