Matthew Sollars

Irving Kriesberg, the abstract artist best known for paintings that combined intense colors with human and animal elements, has died.

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled the Senate's health care reform proposal Wednesday.

Israel moved on Tuesday to approve a plan for 900 new housing units in a Jewish neighborhood in a section of Jerusalem claimed by Palestinians, sparking harsh criticism from Palestinians, the United States and Britain.

Iran has sentenced five people to death for their role in the unrest that followed the country's disputed presidential election in June.

The space shuttle Atlantis blasted into orbit on Monday, laden with spare parts bound for the International Space Station.

The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency is pressing Iran for more details on the recently uncovered nuclear site near the city of Qom.

Two programmers were arrested on Friday for allegedly helping Bernard Madoff keep his Ponzi scheme running for 15 years.

President Barack Obama kicked off his first trip as president to the Far East by pledging redefine key parts of the U.S. relationship with Japan.

NASA had some good news for prospective space explorers on Friday. Scientists say they have discovered water on the moon -- quite a lot of it actually.

The Federal Reserve has announced new rules that will limit the overdraft fees the banking industry can collect on debit cards.

Federal prosecutors are taking steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization.

The first major fraud case to come out of the financial crisis has ended with an acquittal.

Rolando Villazón, the popular Mexican tenor, says he is ready to return to the stage and that he'll announce his 2010 schedule shortly.

Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the man accused in the massacre of 13 soldiers at Fort Hood Army base in Texas, reportedly tried to communicate with a radical imam in Yemen who had been scrutinized for potential links to terror groups.

Sir Simon Rattle will lead the Berlin Philharmonic on a seven-stop, coast-to-coast tour of the U.S. starting this week.

Less than a month after buying Wyeth, drug giant Pfizer Inc. has mapped out a new structure for its research and development operations.

Closing arguments have begun in the racketeering trial of mob scion John "Junior" Gotti.

Police in Orlando have arrested Jason Rodriguez, a 40-year old engineer, as the suspected shooter who killed one person and wounded 5 others on Friday.

A Congressional subcommittee will hold a hearing later this month about whether Wall Street employees and other privileged individuals are getting the swine flu vaccine before people from high-risk groups.

President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies touted newfound support for their health care reform effort from two key groups on Thursday.