Federal health authorities said Monday they were investigating whether an unusual and sometimes severe respiratory virus, first reported this summer in Kansas City and Chicago, may be infecting children in a dozen states throughout the South and Midwest.

Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. swept into this battle-scarred St. Louis suburb Wednesday, meeting with community leaders and promising a “thorough and fair” federal inquiry into the police shooting death of an unarmed black teenager. Before going into an ...

Graphic new video footage from northeastern Nigeria shows the country's military carrying out abuses against civilians as part of their fight against the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, Amnesty International said Tuesday. The international human rights ...

The 30-year-old Lahm informed German Football Federation (DFB) president Wolfgang Niersbach of his decision in a telephone call on Friday. Lahm played 113 games for Germany, with his debut in a 2-1 victory over Croatia on Feb. 18, 2004. He started ...

Marcelo looked wide-eyed, stunned when he scored the first goal of the World Cup ... against his own team. Hardly the most auspicious of starts for Brazil. But that blooper just 11 minutes into the tournament was soon forgiven and forgotten as Brazil went on ...

Reims, France (SportsNetwork.com) - Andre Greipel of Germany won Stage 6 of the Tour de France and Italy's Vincenzo Nibali remained the overall leader of cycling's most prestigious race. Greipel won a sprint to the finish on Thursday, finishing the ...

Parts of coastal New England could see heavy rain and strong winds from Hurricane Arthur. Forecasters have issued tropical storm warnings for Nantucket Island and parts of Cape Cod on Friday. Arthur, which began Thursday in the Carolinas, is expected to ...

A group of Christian hip-hop musicians is suing pop singer Katy Perry and her record label in federal court in St. Louis, claiming that the hit song "Dark Horse" infringes on their copyright of a 2008 song. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by musicians Marcus Gray ...

A group of Christian hip-hop musicians is suing pop singer Katy Perry and her record label in federal court in St. Louis, claiming that the hit song "Dark Horse" infringes on their copyright of a 2008 song. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by musicians Marcus Gray ...

Cristiano Ronaldo is in the starting lineup for Portugal's World Cup opener against Germany on Monday. The star striker has been bothered by a left-knee injury but declared himself fit and ready the day before the match. Nani was also in the starting lineup as ...

(SportsNetwork.com) - Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is no longer in a coma and has left a French hospital. The Formula One website posted a statement released by Schumacher's management team, saying the legendary driver ...

The U.S. stock market is falling at midday after the World Bank cut its outlook for global growth. The Standard & Poor's 500 index slipped five points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,945 as of 12 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 84 ...

BEIJING — China is preparing for 2 million extra babies a year as a result of a loosening of its "one child" birth limits that will allow more couples to have two children, health officials said Thursday.

LISBON, Portugal — Iker Casillas is on the verge of turning one of the most trying seasons of his Real Madrid career into one of the most successful. More News. Read more International Soccer. The Madrid goalkeeper lost his starting position under former ...

Google's Internet gallop slowed a bit Tuesday with a European high court ruling on citizens' privacy rights. Mark Lennihan, File | AP Photo FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2012, file photo, a man raises his hand during at Google offices in New York. People should have ...

The rest of this century looks pretty bleak for humanity. More News. Read more Lewis W. Diuguid. That's according to a World Health Organization assessment of antibiotic use. Common infections and minor injuries could result in more fatalities because of a ...

DONETSK, Ukraine — Katarina Butko smiled Monday evening as she looked at what she'd organized: a line of 15 cars decorated with the yellow and blue flag of Ukraine. They were seconds away from leaving on a motoring campaign around town, “to wake ...

BOSTON — It's off to the races Monday morning for myself and 35,999 other runners at the 118th Boston Marathon. Yael T. Abouhalkah. More News. Read more Yael T. Abouhalkah. My plan is to run under 3 hours and 40 minutes. If I do it at age 58, great, ...

HELSINKI — Finnish officials say eight people died when a small plane carrying parachutists crashed to the ground and caught fire. Mika Kanerva | ap A helicopter flies over the area near the Jamijarvi Airfield, southwest Finland, where a small passenger ...

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin says he sees no obstacles to improving relations with the West, which are fraught with tension over the Ukraine crisis. More News. Read more World News. In an interview on state television shown Saturday, ...