Michele Bachmann, a favourite of Christian conservatives and anti-tax Tea Party activists, kicks off her presidential campaign in Iowa on Monday.
Euphoria over New York State’s legalisation of same-sex marriage promised to turn the annual gay pride parade here into an enormous engagement party.
The capture of notorious mobster James "Whitey" Bulger sent a wave of mixed emotions through residents of the accused killer’s former stomping ground.
The US is seeing a natural gas boom thanks to discoveries of abundant shale gas, and at the same time a groundswell of opposition from critics.
The Lulz Security group of rogue hackers announced it was disbanding on Saturday with one last data dump.
Show-business history records that the American actor Peter Falk, who has died aged 83, made his stage debut the year before he left high school.
The return to Boston of gangster James "Whitey" Bulger awas met on Friday with high security at a courthouse not even built when he fled the city.
Despite sightings around the world, the fugitive who inspired a character in a Scorsese film was finally undone by a TV ad.
A cellphone used by Osama bin Laden’s courier appears to show he was aided by militants linked to Pakistani intelligence, it has been reported.
A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday 172km east of Atka, Alaska, at a depth of about 40km.
The upgraded Apple handset will look like iPhone 4 but feature an A5 processor and 8MP camera, according to reports.
Transocean has blamed BP for decisions that led to the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year.
Republican Jon Huntsman, President Barack Obama’s former ambassador to China, entered his party’s 2012 presidential race on Tuesday.
Star saxophonist Clarence Clemons, a defining member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, died on June 18 after suffering a stroke.
Only one thing was missing from Rory McIlroy’s breakthrough win in a Major at the US Open on Sunday — there was no Tiger Woods.
The sex scandal that forced New York Representative Anthony Weiner from Congress last week capped a season of dishonour for male politicians.
US First Lady Michelle Obama begins a six-day visit to Southern Africa on Monday where she will highlight the spread of democracy on the continent.
Clarence Clemons, the burly saxophone player who played a crucial role in shaping Bruce Springsteen’s early sound, died on Saturday.
The US defence agency that invented the forerunner to the internet is working on a "virtual firing range" intended as a replica of the real internet.
Vietnam and the United States took the first step towards cleaning up Agent Orange contamination on Friday.
Porn mogul Larry Flynt offered disgraced US lawmaker Anthony Weiner a job, after the New York congressman resigned over a tawdry "sexting" scandal.
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn initially tried to claim diplomatic immunity when he was arrested, police transcripts have revealed.
Rory McIlroy put his Masters misery behind him on Thursday, firing a superb six-under 65 for a three-stroke lead in the first round of the US Open.
The public website of the US Central Intelligence Agency went down on Wednesday as the hacker group Lulz Security said it had launched an attack.
Michelle Obama will honour the legacy of Nelson Mandela and the struggle against apartheid during an official visit to Southern Africa next week.
The "Lulz Security" hacker group is flaunting its notoriety with a telephone hotline for people to call to suggest targets for cyber attacks.
A new feature will predict which page a user will choose and begin fetching its data — even before they have clicked on the link.
Louis Oosthuizen was 12 and Charl Schwartzel 10 when they played their first round of golf together.
Heartbroken <i>Playboy</i> founder Hugh Hefner said on Tuesday his wedding had been cancelled because his 25-year-old fiancée had changed her mind.
Rebuffing a US call to abandon Gaddafi, President Jacob Zuma has slammed Nato for "abusing" UN resolutions meant to protect Libyan citizens.
Google is investing $280-million to help private United States homeowners put solar panels on their rooftops, its largest investment in clean energy.
Republican presidential candidates led by frontrunner Mitt Romney used their first big televised debate to lash out at President Barack Obama.