World May 16 More Rain Threatens Cyclone Victims' Well-Being Survivors of the cyclone that ravaged Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta have received little emergency aid from the country's ruling military junta, though government officials insist their relief operations are running smoothly.
Politics May 15 Deal Reached to End Fighting in Lebanon Standoff Arab mediators brokered a deal on Thursday to end days of fighting between the government and Hezbollah after the government's ruling coalition backed down on two measures that infuriated the opposition.
Politics May 15 California's Top Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban The Supreme Court in California ruled Thursday that barring lesbian and gay couples from marrying is unconstitutional, clearing the way for the nation's most populous state to join Massachusetts as the second state to allow same-sex marriages.
World May 15 Death Toll in China Quake Could Soar to 50,000 China said the death toll of the 7.9 magnitude quake that ravaged the country's central Sichuan Province on Monday could reach 50,000 as the government made a rare appeal to its citizens to help the rescue operation.
Economy May 14 Inflation Pressures Ease with Small Rise in CPI The overall Consumer Price Index rose 0.2 percent in April, the Labor Department announced Wednesday, a smaller-than-expected rise despite the highest jump in food prices in 18 years.
World May 14 Helicopters Drop Food to Isolated Earthquake Survivors in China As the official death toll in China's massive earthquake neared 15,000 Wednesday, military helicopters dropped food and medicine to survivors who remained cut off in remote mountain villages.
Politics May 13 Clinton Basks in Big W.Va. Win as Nominating Fight Continues to Ore., Ky. Sen. Hillary Clinton cruised to an easy and anticipated victory in West Virginia's Democratic primary on Tuesday -- a vote that rival Sen. Barack Obama conceded to her a day before the polls opened -- as the march continues toward…
World May 13 India on Alert after Blasts Kill as Many as 60 Dozens of people were killed Tuesday in western India after a series of bomb attacks ripped through the busy city of Jaipur.
World May 13 Rescue Workers Dig to Reach Tens of Thousands Buried in China Earthquake The most powerful earthquake to hit China in 30 years killed more than 12,000 people with the death toll likely to rise with thousands more reportedly buried under crumpled buildings.
Science May 12 Powerful Earthquake Destroys Buildings, Builds Mountains in China There's a saying among seismologists: "Earthquakes don't kill people. Buildings do." The powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked central China on Monday afternoon, killing upwards of 8,500 people, was a grim reminder of that common phrase.