Every year in India's megacity Kolkata, the world's oldest trade gets fleeting respect from an ancient custom -- when soil ...

Tokyo led most Asian markets higher Tuesday as a weaker yen boosted exporters and helped traders recover some of their hefty ...

British rock band Coldplay's upcoming tour of India has triggered a police investigation and dismayed fans after scalpers ...

Dockworkers at major ports along the US East and Gulf Coasts began walking off the job Tuesday after last-minute negotiations ...

Pete Rose, Major League Baseball's all-time hit king who left the sport in disgrace after being banned for betting on games, ...

A new California law extends consumer privacy protection to brainwave data gathered by implants or wearable devices.

The Navy's planned $130 billion investment in a new class of submarines, which serve as a key part of the nation's nuclear deterrence program, is behind ...

While the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is on track to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, efforts at both the federal and state levels to ...

Nearly a year of devastating war has left Gaza's 2.4 million people enduring a humanitarian tragedy, with children in the ...

Speaking with NBC News, study co-author Dr. Monika Goyal said the issue typically is one of cost, not that girls are "caught ...

"Think about how much relationships in our world have changed in the last 50 years, with massive cultural and technological ...