Workers struggling in the heat to clean up oil from the the ruptured BP well in the Gulf of Mexico risk short-term lung, liver, and kidney damage.
US President Barack Obama will confront his top Afghanistan commander on Wednesday before deciding whether to fire him over inflammatory comments.
The US president gets tough over the oil spill crisis but still faces mounting criticism.
The White House stepped up its legal battle on Wednesday over a key part of its response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
A United States team trying to clinch a berth in the last 16 of the World Cup by beating Algeria had last-minute concerns over its strikeforce.
Brands that use microblogging sites like Twitter to provide real-time responses to the public are winning a higher degree of trust from consumers.
Offering up lion burgers as a tribute to the World Cup in South Africa is getting a Phoenix valley restaurant into controversy.
A new study suggests a genetic link that could lead to early detection and better treatment.
Graeme McDowell was the last man standing at Pebble Beach on Sunday, hoisting a US Open trophy that was a testament to nerve and "knuckling down".
BP estimates that a worst-case scenario rate for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could be about 100 000 barrels of oil per day.
Residents of the US Gulf Coast braced for more oil from a ruptured BP well to hit their beaches on Sunday as oil washed ashore at Panama City.
BP’s costs for the worst spill in US history appeared set to rise as a partner in the out-of-control well laid the blame at BP’s feet.
Midfielder Michael Bradley’s late goal sealed the US’s fightback as they drew 2-2 with Slovenia at the Soccer World Cup on Friday.
Tiger Woods returned to the scene of his most complete triumph on Thursday, but Pebble Beach wasn’t in a nostalgic mood.
A Utah firing squad shot to death a convicted killer early on Friday in the third United States execution by that means since 1976.
BP bosses weathered a week of anger in Washington but the energy giant’s financial outlook faces renewed scrutiny from investors.
AOL is set to offload Bebo to United States private investment firm Criterion Capital Partners at a "fire sale" price potentially below $10-million.
A man convicted of two murders was scheduled to die by firing squad on Friday, becoming the third man put to death by that means in the US since 1976.
In its 100-year history BP has been dogged by appalling accidents and an absence of diplomacy. Can it ever reinvent itself?
BP chief executive Tony Hayward faced the wrath of US lawmakers on Thursday as he appeared before a hearing to apologise for the oil spill.
This was bound to be a difficult time for the company long known as British Petroleum, writes <b>Jonathan Mann</b>.
Phil Mickelson’s bid for a first US Open title and Tiger Woods’s form have dominated the build-up to Thursday’s opening round at Pebble Beach.
Under intense pressure from US President Barack Obama, BP has said it will set up a $20-billion fund for damage claims from its huge oil spill.
President Barack Obama, seeking to counter an image of detached leadership, will demand on Wednesday that BP set aside billions to pay for the spill.
Executives from other major oil companies turned on BP and defended their own drilling practices during a US congressional hearing on Tuesday.
Microsoft has finally unveiled and revealed the real name of its motion sensing video game device, previously known as Project Natal: Kinect.
BP’s US chief faces accusations in Congress that the energy giant caused the worst oil spill in US history with a calculated strategy to cut costs.
The United States president, Barack Obama, will join forces with Nelson Mandela to mount an assault on the bestseller charts.
Country music artist Jimmy Dean, who topped the charts in 1961 with <i>Big Bad John</i>, and later became a sausage entrepreneur, has died.
Obama’s leadership of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill faces key tests this week as the US president gives his first national address on the disaster.
The more it says it can cope with whatever penalties are imposed on it, the more US politicians are entitled to ask whether they are high enough.
US President Barack Obama told British Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday that he had no interest in undermining the value of oil company BP.