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A new report suggests that a living mammoth could perhaps be regenerated from DNA extracted from clumps of the animal’s hair.

A session of Iraq’s Parliament collapsed in chaos as a discussion among lawmakers about a security agreement boiled over into shouting and physical confrontation.

Shares on Wall Street closed at their lowest levels in five years as hope dimmed in Washington for an emergency bailout of the auto industry.

Tiny Summit Entertainment finds itself sitting atop one of the biggest pop-culture phenomena of recent years.

As a critic in Britain and later for The New York Times, Mr. Barnes helped bring dance to a broad audience with an exuberant style.

Tom Daschle, the former South Dakota senator, has accepted Mr. Obama’s offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Democrats said.

Unlike other supermarkets and big-box retailers, Costco has declined to accept food stamps, despite mounting pressure..

The ashes of John Leighton Stuart, a missionary and educator who was called a symbol of imperialism by Mao, were finally buried in China 46 years after his death.

Consumer prices fell in October by 1 percent, the largest drop in the history of the survey, raising the specter of deflation.

The pine beetle is devastating Western forests. But all the dead wood is proving a boon to mill and lumber companies.