Madison Bumgarner pitched five innings of near-perfect relief on short rest and the San Francisco Giants held off the Kansas City Royals 3-2 Wednesday night in Game 7 of the World Series for their third championship in five seasons
The arrival of Ebola in the U.S. has sparked backlash against some Africans in the country, from violence to subtler forms of discrimination
All students in China and South Korea who took the SAT on Oct. 11 will have their test scores reviewed due to allegations of cheating
A breakout of the lava flow was about 100 ft. from a Pahoa residence — about the length of a basketball court — said Hawaii County civil-defense director Darryl Oliveira. Dozens of homes, business and other structures are within the area
The American-led military command in Afghanistan has suddenly made information about the country's military capabilities a secret, according to a congressional watchdog, just as the U.S. prepares to withdraw most of its 34,000 troops still there
The Federal Reserve ended its stimulus program known as quantitative easing, after spending trillions of dollars to boost the economy. The decision comes as the U.S. economy has shown signs of recent improvement
Jennifer Lopez says in her upcoming book True Love that she has "felt abused" in past relationships, even if she's never been physically harmed like other women. "I've never gotten a black eye or a busted lip,” the singer writes
America’s top schools may be teaching a dangerous lesson about tanning. Twelve percent of the nation’s top colleges and universities have tanning beds on campus, and nearly half have them either on campus or in off-campus housing, a new report says
Two new studies exploring the genetic basis of autism tie mutations in hundreds of genes to the disease. About 60 of the genes are considered "high confidence," meaning there's a 90% chance that mutations within them contribute to autism risk
Apple Pay competitor CurrentC defended the security of its mobile payment system after its parent company MCX reported that hackers had obtained some users' e-mail addresses. "This is not a breach," the MCX CEO said
Galway Kinnell, the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet who opened up American verse in the 1960s and beyond through his forceful, spiritual takes on the outsiders and underside of contemporary life, has died at age 87
A new poll of millennial voters finds a majority of those who will definitely vote in next week's midterm election prefer a GOP-controlled Congress, a shift from a similar poll conducted before the 2010 election
Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels play a rather lewd game
