A new strain of bird flu in China is sabotaging Yum's efforts to rebuild trust with KFC customers following an earlier controversy over its chicken supply.

The case against an Iranian-American man accused of helping Iran launch its first satellite may sound like a James Bond movie but it's a real life drama, a prosecutor said Tuesday as trial opened.

A Kansas doctor was charged Tuesday with operating a pill mill for painkillers and antidepressants after police and Fort Riley officials raised concerns about overdoses - some of them involving soldiers and their families.

One of the country’s last remaining tuition-free colleges will charge undergraduates deemed able to pay about $20,000 starting in 2014.    

Repairing pavement cracks and seal coating sections of the trail and the boat launch parking lot at Kirby Billingsley Hydro Park will close the launch Thursday and Friday.

Recognizing the growing market for vegan and vegetarian food, Organic Avenue, known for its juices, wants to extend beyond New York City.    

Tel Aviv made its most definitive statement accusing Syria of using chemical weapons, which President Obama has called a “red line” Syria cannot cross.    

A giant trout once believed to be extinct is again delighting anglers at Pyramid Lake in Nevada after an intense federal and tribal effort to restore it.    

By Maria Golovnina GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - A member of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers' extended family said they were victims of a Russian plot to portray them as Chechen terrorists operating on U.S. soil. Said Tsarnaev, who lives in Grozny, the capital of Russia's volatile Chechnya region, on Tuesday accused Moscow of sending false information to the United States to frame the suspects, ethnic Chechen brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. ...

The warm memories washed over Mike Redmond upon his return to Minnesota, where he spent five seasons as a beloved backup catcher and clubhouse cutup.

Dodgers right-hander Chad Billingsley will have Tommy John surgery this week and miss the rest of the season, the latest setback for the Los Angeles rotation.

Boy. What a contrast of realities: Nick and I very recently took a rare and much needed week off, burned some miles and went to Hawaii (Maui) for a week. Stayed with friends for a few days at their beautiful home on the water; then went slightly ‘up country,’ as the locals say, to a [...]

Senator Max Baucus, the chairman of the Finance Committee, will leave his seat after 36 years, becoming the sixth Senate Democrat to depart in the 2014 elections.    

A Senate panel took a step toward joining nine other states on a measure approving same-sex marriage.    

Hisashi Iwakuma has been bothered by a blister issue since spring training and wow, has he looked great all that time. The problem is, he often has to leave the game about six or sevent innings in. The good news is, he often leaves with the lead. The Mariners will take blister problems like those.

With technical problems, management turmoil and losses, Fisker offers a cautionary tale of alternative-fuel vehicles and government subsidies for start-up businesses.    

The U.S. soldier accused of murdering 16 Afghan villagers during a pre-dawn rampage last year appeared in a military courtroom Tuesday for a hearing that focused largely on what might happen if he's convicted, including which family members and friends could speak on his behalf.

The U.S. soldier accused of murdering 16 Afghan villagers during a pre-dawn rampage last year appeared in a military courtroom Tuesday for a hearing that focused largely on what might happen if he's convicted, including which family members and friends could speak on his behalf.

Move over, you adorable scamps in "Annie." Settle down, weird girls in "Matilda." Broadway has a new unlikely heroine, a frail widow who hums hymns and has a bad heart.