BALTIMORE, May 19 (UPI) -- The NAACP Saturday endorsed same-sex marriage in the United States as a "civil right" but also said it affirmed "religious freedoms of all people." The board of directors of the civil rights organization voted to adopt a resolution declaring its support for "marriage ...

Pakistan's government on Sunday morning blocked the social media website Twitter, saying the micro-blogging platform refused to remove blasphemous content against Islam. The offending tweets, according to Pakistani officials, involved a contest to draw cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. Many Muslims ...

SAN FRANCISCO - I doubted Mark Zuckerberg when I met him more than five years ago, shortly after he rebuffed several chances to sell Facebook for what was a fortune even then. He seemed confident to the point of being cocky about his ability to turn what started as an online hangout for college ...

In one week, Ina Drew has found herself in a position no investment banker wants to be in. Out of a job. In the public eye. Facing the prospect of losing millions of dollars in bonuses and stock awards under JPMorgan Chase’s new claw-back policy. And perhaps worst of all, being the ammunition ...

CAMP DAVID, Md. — Confronting an economic crisis that threatens them all, President Barack Obama and leaders of other world powers on Saturday declared that their governments must both spark growth and cut the debt that has crippled the European continent and put investors worldwide on edge ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone can protect its currency if its stronger countries provide more support for the weaker to help them deal with their problems, British finance minister George Osborne said in a newspaper on Sunday. The future of Europe's 17-country single currency bloc is under threat ...

Handling adversity is a measuring stick used to define any team. And it's time to define the Miami Heat as the prohibitive favorites in the East get ready to tip it off against Indiana in Game 4 of the conference semifinals. The Pacers placed a foot firmly on the throat of the star-studded Heat on ...

A trial lawyer turned senator, John Edwards was the 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee and ran for president again in 2008. In 2006, he met Rielle Hunter, a woman who would become his mistress, change the course of his life and land him on trial. Edwards was charged with six counts of ...

Into her 60s, the girl still worked hard for the money. In fact, in 2008, just before turning 60, Donna Summer had a No. 1 dance hit with “I’m a Fire.” That meant she, along with Cher, had scored a No. 1 song in each of the last four decades. Only Madonna has charted more dance hits than ...

(Reuters) - A Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacterial infection was in critical condition at Augusta Hospital on Saturday, a hospital spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman said she could not comment on whether Aimee Copeland had undergone surgery to remove her hands and right foot, amputations ...