Wedding fever hit New York, as hundreds of gay and lesbian couples married on the first day that same-sex marriage became legal in the state.
The hotel maid who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempting to rape her said he appeared as a "crazy man".
The US failed to achieve a budget breakthrough on Sunday and instead worked on rival plans in an impasse that heightened prospects for a debt fault.
Nasa announced details of plans on Friday to determine if Mars has or ever had the ingredients for life.
The judicial screws are tightening on Rupert Murdoch’s empire in the US as the justice department prepares to subpoena News Corporation.
Negotiations on a deficit-reduction deal collapsed on Friday as US House Speaker John Boehner pulled out of talks with President Barack Obama.
After the runaway success its youth summit last year, the National Youth Development Agency is planning a trip to New York for "high-level UN talks".
The US Food and Drug Administration approved the use of ultraviolet light for the liquid purification of fruit juice — a South African invention.
If the United States government goes into default, it will be because it won’t pay its bills.
With the US lurching closer to a default, President Barack Obama and lawmakers face pressure to speed up efforts to cobble together a deal.
Apple is within sight of catching up with Exxon Mobil as the most valuable company in the world, despite making more than four times Apple’s revenue.
As part of a programme called "Give Respect, Get Respect", the burghers of Philadelphia are cracking down on "distracted" drivers and pedestrians.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday supported a bipartisan proposal for a new deficit-reduction plan aimed at averting a debt default.
Appointment of litigation veteran Brendan Sullivan suggests News Corp boss is readying for a bitter legal battle in the United States.
Twitter users fired off a record number of tweets per second at the final whistle of Japan’s upset win over the US in the women’s World Cup final.
<em>Atlantis</em> astronauts finished packing more than two tonnes of old equipment and trash on Sunday for the last shuttle ride back to Earth.
Japan has won the women’s soccer World Cup for the first time after coming from behind to beat the United States 3-1 on penalties.
Pressure is growing for the Murdoch family to provide an even greater sacrifice for the survival of the media empire’s profits.
In many ways, it’s the perfect weapon for a war-weary nation that suddenly finds itself on a tight budget.
Rifts between the United States and Pakistan over the Osama bin Laden killing have been mended during CIA meetings in Washington.
Groupon offered its first car coupon on Tuesday, a sign the largest online daily deal company is expanding into bigger-ticket items.
Cult 1980s television series <i>Dallas</i> is to return to the small screen, with 79-year-old US actor Larry Hagman joining fellow veterans.
Deficit reduction talks between President Barack Obama and Republican leaders ran into trouble on Sunday at a meeting marked by testy exchanges.
Nasa is tracking a piece of Soviet space debris that could collide with the International Space Station (ISS), the US space agency said on Sunday.
Google may cooperate more closely with Facebook and Twitter and believes there is room for multiple social networks.
Betty Ford, the wife of the late president Gerald Ford, who overcame addictions and helped found a rehabilitation clinic, died on Friday at 93.
Angelenos fear the closure of the San Diego freeway for 53 hours for bridge rebuilding will bring an already congested LA to a standstill.
American painter Cy Twombly, renowned for his large-scale scribbled canvases, died in Rome on Tuesday. He was 83.
The International Monetary Fund’s new managing director, Christine Lagarde, will make her debut under intense pressure this coming week.
United States wars launched since the attacks of September 11 2001 have left 225 000 dead and cost up to $4.4-trillion.
MySpace has been sold to an online ad company for $35-million, a fraction of the $100-million its parent company was seeking for the social network.
The case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is in doubt following reports of major holes in the credibility of the woman who alleges he attacked her.