America

Salmon (Idaho): North America's bison, a living emblem of the Western frontier that roamed the continent by the millions before being hunted to near...

New York: Five tiny Pacific islands have disappeared due to rising seas and erosion, a discovery thought to be the first scientific confirmation of the...

Mexico City: A Mexican judge has ruled that drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman can be extradited to face charges in the United States, the...

Brasilia: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's looming suspension from office was back on track on Tuesday after the speaker of the lower house of...

Cape Canaveral: Tiny Mercury, the solar system's innermost planet, sailed across the face of the sun on Monday, a celestial dance that occurs about once...

Brasilia: The acting speaker of the lower house of Brazil's Congress annulled the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff on Monday and...

Washington: Scientists have gotten to the root of the carrot, genetically speaking. Researchers said on Monday they have sequenced the genome of the carrot,...

Lac La Biche (Alberta): Canadian officials on Monday planned to take their first look at the oil boom town ravaged by the nation's most destructive...

Cleveland/New York: Bracing for a general election fight with Donald Trump, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton and her allies are putting...

Washington: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday he is open to raising taxes on wealthy Americans, backing off his prior...