The ranks of Somalia’s army and police have been gutted as most soldiers and police officers have deserted, often taking their weapons and vehicles, according to a new U.N. Security Council report.
India will create an FBI-style national investigative agency, beef up security and streamline intelligence gathering after a string of lapses — and a torrent of criticism — tied to the deadly Mumbai attacks, the top security official said.
California’s budget deficit will reach $41.8 billion by 2010, potentially forcing the state to halt payment for some services if lawmakers don’t solve the problem, the governor’s office said Thursday.
A team of medical examiners and detectives hustled to identify the skeletal remains of a child found in a wooded lot in central Florida Thursday.
The number of people killed in traffic crashes in the U.S. this year is expected to be the lowest on record, federal transportation officials said Thursday.
The Bush administration issued revised endangered species regulations Thursday to reduce the input of federal scientists and to block the law from being used to fight global warming.
California air regulators on Thursday approved a climate plan requiring the state’s utilities, refineries and large factories to transform their operations to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Bernard Madoff, a Wall Street trader who founded Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, was arrested and charged on Thursday with allegedly running a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme
Asian markets plunged Friday after a U.S. government rescue of Detroit’s ailing automakers collapsed in the Senate, intensifying fears about a protracted global slump.
Bettie Page, the 1950s secretary-turned-model whose controversial photographs in skimpy attire helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, died Thursday. She was 85.
