One in 68 children in the United States has been diagnosed with autism, according to a report released Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which noted that the rate has more than doubled in the past decade. And it's likely to ...

A huge poster of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the city center in Istanbu, Turkey. Photo / AP. "Did I upset you, boss?" That's how the owner of one of Turkey's biggest media groups apparently began a telephone conversation with the ...

WASHINGTON—Russian troops amassing near Ukraine are actively concealing their positions and establishing supply lines that could be used in a prolonged deployment, ratcheting up concerns that Moscow is preparing for another major incursion and not ...

CBS News – Autism in the United States remains on the rise, according to new government statistics. One in 68 children have an autism spectrum disorder, according to the new numbers released Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Microsoft's new CEO Satya Nadella finally unveiled Office for iPad in a polished debut that set him apart from his energetic predecessor while signaling his plans to make mobile apps the top priority at the world's largest software company. At a news ...

Following the hubbub of its recent acquisition of virtual reality firm Oculus VR, Facebook has just announced something slightly more altruistic: a team dedicated to bringing basic internet access to everyone in the world. Simply dubbed the Connectivity Lab, ...

DOHA (Reuters) - A Los Angeles couple was sentenced to three years in jail in Qatar on Thursday for causing the death of their adopted African-born daughter, who was found to have died of starvation, in a case that has raised concern in Washington.

DOHA (Reuters) - A Los Angeles couple was sentenced to three years in jail in Qatar on Thursday for causing the death of their adopted African-born daughter, who was found to have died of starvation, in a case that has raised concern in Washington.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will send a team to Perth to work with Australia and the other countries involved in the intensive search and recovery operations for the missing MH370 craft. In a statement here, the Transport Ministry said the team was made up of ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) In a surprisingly strong rebuke of Moscow, the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday affirmed Ukraine's territorial integrity and deemed the referendum that led to Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula illegal. The vote on the ...

Amazon.com is taking another step towards becoming a multimedia giant by creating a free streaming television and music service, according to reports. The free service differs from its original strategy of offering streaming video to $99-a-year Prime service ...

Ad billboard Facebook has assembled a lab and team of boffins tasked with connecting the social network's next five billion users to the website (and the rest internet). The Connectivity Lab was revealed on Thursday: it employs "the same engineering talent ...

Ad billboard Facebook has assembled a lab and team of boffins tasked with connecting the social network's next five billion users to the website (and the rest internet). The Connectivity Lab was revealed on Thursday: it employs "the same engineering talent ...

Long before CEO Satya Nadella's announcement Thursday that the company he now runs was finally releasing Microsoft Office for the iPad, there have been other Office-like productivity suites and workarounds that for some mobile professionals have more ...

The UN Human Rights Council has voted in favour of a resolution which paves the way for an inquiry into rights abuses at the close of Sri Lanka's civil war. The US and the UK were among the countries which sponsored a resolution which for the first time ...

The UN Human Rights Council has voted in favour of a resolution which paves the way for an inquiry into rights abuses at the close of Sri Lanka's civil war. The US and the UK were among the countries which sponsored a resolution which for the first time ...

The story of Noah in my frayed Bible (New Revised Standard Version) starts at the bottom of Page 5 and ends on Page 8. The new biblical spectacle Noah runs 138 minutes. The laws of mathematics suggest the filmmakers, particularly director Darren ...

Two alarming news items compete for attention. The first, described in a New York Times editorial entitled Giving Up on Four-Year-Olds describes a recent report showing expulsion from preschool as a form of discipline occurring in increasing numbers.

Amazon may be planning an ad-supported video service, one that includes music videos and both original and licensed TV series as a counterpoint to its Instant Video download and subscription services, according to a report. by Joan E. Solsman · @joan_e ...

The US president tells his Russian counterpart his political strategy is a generation out of date. US President Barack Obama has told the Euro elite in Brussels that Russia's actions in Crimea cannot be ignored as they set an anarchic precedent. (Reuters).