President Barack Obama sat down for a beer with Henry Louis Gates and the police sergeant who arrested him. That as a national poll suggests that the whole episode has taken a toll on Obama's image.
Cambridge police have released a copy of the 911 call and radio dispatches made during the controversial arrest of last week black Harvard scholar Henry Louise Gates Jr.
Microsoft has finally roped Yahoo into an Internet search partnership, capping a convoluted pursuit that dragged on for years and setting the stage for them to make a joint assault against the dominance of Google.
A California judge has appointed a guardian to oversee the estate of Nadya Suleman's octuplets. The Orange County judge granted a petition Monday filed on behalf of a former child actor who is an advocate for kids in entertainment.
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin stepped down on Sunday after bursting onto the US political stage last year as John McCain's presidential running mate. It is unclear if her farewell is a transition into a Washington career or a political finale.
A car dealer in the United States has found a unique way of attracting customers amidst the economic downturn. With every vehicle purchased, the buyer gets a free AK47 gun. Al-Jazeera's Sebastian Walker reports from the state of Missouri, where the salesmen say sales figures have doubled since the offer was announced.
Indonesia's state news agency said that conjoined twins have been born in a single body with two heads at a hospital in Riau province in western Indonesia.
The world's shortest girl is set to prove that the best things come in small packages. Despite being just over half a meter tall, Indias Jyoti Amge is proving her height is no barrier to her high hopes for the future.
An 8 year old rape victim is in the care of Child Protective Services in Arizona after being shunned by her parents, who say she brought shame on the family. Authorities say four boys ages 9 to 14 took turns assaulting the girl.
Eighty-eight servicemen in the US Army who were on active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken their own life since the beginning of this year, which has surpassed the records set in 2008.
The pile-up caused chaos on this stretch of the German autobahn near Hanover. A total of 259 cars were involved in a series of shunts late on Sunday. The accidents took place on a 30-kilometre stretch of the A2 road. Heavy rain and low-lying sun have been blamed. But police say many drivers were traveling too quickly for the weather conditions. The emergency services faced a busy night.
President Barack Obama's popularity has boosted America's image abroad even though deep suspicions about the U.S. persist in the Muslim world, according to a new poll. The AP's Faryl Ury reports.
Barack Obama may have broken racial boundaries when he became the first black US president, but he has admitted that racism is still common. The US president made the comments in response to the arrest of a renowned black professor at his own home. Barack Obama said the officers who arrested Henry Louis Gates acted stupidly, adding that African-Americans and Latinos have been targeted disproportionately by police. Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports.
One man planned a Florida home invasion and fatally shot a couple who had several adopted special needs children, one of eight suspects in the case told investigators.
Millions of people have gathered across Asia to witness the longest solar eclipse of the 21st century. Covering the sun for almost seven minutes, the eclipse plunged much of the region, from eastern India to China and beyond, into darkness. Al Jazeera's Tony Cheng reports from Beijing.
Former naval intelligence officer, investigative journalist Wayne Madsen shared a theory that last weeks bombings in Jakarta may be connected with American and Israeli secret services.
While many consider the moon landing a major achievement in history, not everyone shares this enthusiasm. In fact, some sceptics say it never even happened, insisting it was a hoax perpetrated by the US government and filmed on a sound stage.
A love triangle at the San Francisco Zoo's Penguin Island has sparked a nature-versus-nurture debate about homosexuality. But, as AP's Haven Daley reports, zoo officials say that debate is for the birds.
Five police officers were shot _ two of them critically wounded _ in a running gunfight Thursday morning during a police stakeout of two armed robbery suspects in New Jersey's second-largest city.
Emergency crews in Bridgeport had to build structural support for a building after an SUV crashed through the building's foundation. The driver fled the scene.
A protest was held in South Korea on Tuesday, as a sign of allegiance to man's best friend, the dog. About twenty protesters gathered in downtown Seoul to demand the government abolish the tradition of eating dog meat.
In the past three years, the number of gun-related deaths among young minorities in Chicago has soared, with more than 150 people killed. Many of them were innocent victims caught in the crossfire of gang shootouts. Nick Spicer travelled to Chicago to talk to the victims of the gun violence, and the people trying to stop it.
An Iranian Caspian Airlines passenger plane has crashed in northwest Iran, with all of the 168 people aboard, 153 passengers and 15 crew members, presumed dead, informs Iranian state television.
With U.S. unemployment at a 25-year high, older workers say it's becoming increasingly difficult to compete for jobs against younger counterparts. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says workers ages 45 and above are staying unemployed longer, about 22 weeks compared to 16 weeks for younger workers.
Police say a New York driver struck and killed a man and injured 13 more after plowing into several cars and people in a crazed hit-and-run. The enraged man killed a father, who managed to push his six-year- old son to safety.
Authorities are beginning the daunting task of trying to identify remains in each of the approximately 100,000 graves at a suburban Chicago cemetery where four former workers allegedly dug up bodies to resell burial plots.
Two men were held late Sunday on open murder charges in the slaying of a wealthy Florida Panhandle couple known for adopting children with developmental disabilities
President Obamas speech has hit too close to home particularly on the issue of governance. Analysts say that Obama put Kenya on the spotlight when he drew parallels between countries that have demonstrated good governance in Africa against those that have not, Kenya being in the latter category. The analysts however say that Obama has specific interest in Africa, Kenya in particular and his speech is a show of tough love to Kenya to reform its governance.
Authorities investigating the theft of a 2-year-old girl's body from a Connecticut cemetery say evidence at the crime scene points to a possible voodoo ritual.
American President Barack Obama has been given a hero's welcome in Ghana, on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa, since taking office as the first black president of the United States.
Three gravediggers and a cemetery manager are all charged with a felony, accused of unearthing hundreds of corpses from a Chicago-area cemetery. Officials say more charges could be filed.
On CNN's Larry King Live, Michael Jackson's dermatologist says he donated sperm, but doesn't think he's the father of Jackson's children. Klein also admits giving Jackson Demerol.
Police in western Michigan say a man fell asleep at the wheel of his parked vehicle and accidentally ran over a tent containing his wife and two young children.
A new poll among 19,914 respondents in some of the world's largest nations like China, India, Indonesia and Russia finds strong confidence in U.S. President Barack Obama. But the poll shows many still feel America tries to use military strength to impose its will.
Possibly unaware that a camera is recording him, President Barack Obama jokes about pop star Michael Jackson while chatting at the G-8 summit in l'Aquila, Italy, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
O.J. Simpson is promising not to disappear or endanger the community if he's freed from prison pending his appeal of a 2007 Las Vegas hotel room heist, his lawyers told the Nevada Supreme Court.
Fans of the late singer Michael Jackson write messages on a larger condolence sign and look for memorial service tickets outside of The Staples Center in Los Angeles in this video essay by photojournalist Charlie Riedel.
Police are calling the shooting death of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair a homicide, but they haven't yet reached a conclusion about the death of the 20-year-old woman found with him.
Police used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray to disperse his congregants Wednesday after the pastor allegedly interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot.
The police chief of a northeast Ohio township has retired after a video became public showing him and a female office kissing and caressing in the front of a police cruiser while a prisoner was in the back seat.
The Los Angeles Police Department has now asked the Drug Enforcement Administration to help in the investigation into Michael Jackson's death. The DEA will likely focus on Jackson's doctors and the drugs they prescribed to the pop star.
A passenger on a cross-country U.S. Airways flight stripped off his clothes and began running around the plane naked, prompting the crew to make an emergency landing at the Albuquerque International Sunport.
Fans around the world have been celebrating the legacy of pop star Michael Jackson, who died suddenly last Thursday. Mike O'Sullivan reports, thousands have passed by the singer's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to pay their respects, and African Americans in South Los Angeles have been assessing his legacy.
Gunmen in a green minivan opened fire on a group of teenagers waiting at a bus stop near a Detroit school on Tuesday, wounding seven, including two who were in critical condition.