Iran broke the record for Asia’s highest temperature ever recorded during June yesterday. It was a scorching 128.7 degrees in the southwestern city of Ahvaz,…

China urged the United States to revoke immediately its "wrong decision" to sell Taiwan $1.42 billion worth of arms, saying it contradicted a "consensus" President…

Big problem: Facebook and others have refused to define what "terrorism" is. Facebook has a fleet of low-paid contractors who are tasked with investigating possible…

A woman who overdosed on heroin while she was seven months pregnant has been charged with assault of an unborn child. Kasey Dischman, 30, of…

When the British left 20 years ago, Hong Kong was seen as a rare blend of East and West that China might seek to emulate. Now,…

If your job, or simply your state of mind, depends on feeling empathy for others, you might want to reconsider reaching for the Tylenol the…

A Florida man who had been convicted of sexual assault in the 1980s married a teen exchange student he was allowed to supervise, and then…

Discarded solar panels are piling up all over the world, and they represent a major threat to the environment.  Clean energy may not be so…

When Canonical announced the death of the Unity desktop environment, it sent shock waves through the Linux community. After all, Ubuntu is probably the most popular Linux-based…

A bill signed by Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin will bring the Bible front and center in the state's public schools. Students will soon be able…