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Shane MacGowan was a famously hard-drinking but brilliant musician who shot to fame in the 1980s with the folk punk band The Pogues.

California is the latest state in a growing movement across the country to require media literacy education for all grade levels.

The nativity scene in St. Peter's Square comes from a different place every year. For Pope Leo's first Christmas as the pontiff, this year's display comes from Salerno, Italy.

France recorded its hottest June since records began in 1947, as a deadly heat wave drove temperatures above 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) across much of the country.

The U.S. economy revved up in the first three months of the year, despite a spike in energy prices caused by the war with Iran.

Locals and visitors celebrate the sighting of a red-eyed creature first spotted nearly sixty years ago.

A month after Venezuela's deadly earthquakes, the focus is shifting from rescue to rebuilding -- and the costs are staggering.

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia toppling buildings and trapping people. Several dozen were reported dead.

The Kentucky Derby is celebrated by locals in Louisville — including its smallest residents, who get their own downtown parade.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase high-tech gloves that deliver electric shocks to people they're trying to detain.