The little lander that could bounced twice before settling in the shadow of a rock. Despite thruster problems, Philae landed upright and is transmitting data to the European Space Agency.
According to the Gallup-Purdue Index, 48 percent of graduates with related internships or work agree that college ‘prepared me well for life after college.’ Only 19 percent of those without such opportunities agreed.
Russia's decision to increase its military patrols of the West comes amid increasing tensions over the situation in Ukraine.
Embedded with US Marines in the battle for Fallujah in 2004, Monitor staff writer Scott Peterson tracks down the ‘Death Dealers’ of Charlie Company on the 10th anniversary of that pivot point in the Iraq War.
Lawmakers need to spend more time in Washington, develop a less-rancorous dialogue between Republicans and Democrats, and find common ground in backroom meetings.
As Israelis grow skeptical about achieving peace, they have walled themselves off from their Arab neighbors.
A pro football player uses a switch on his child, and an American cultural divide between races, regions, and religions is exposed.
A decades-long quest to save the north Atlantic right whale is helping revive a species that is a bellwether of the health of the oceans.
Why TV's plunge into backwoods family, danger, and colloquial wisdom transfixes America (and the world). Do the shows depict caricatures or gritty authenticity?
Has Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber given new life to the Republican effort to repeal or radically alter the Affordable Care Act?
Former Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill says that he fired the shots that killed Osama bin Laden. As to why there are other accounts of who shot Bin Laden, he says: 'War is foggy.'
Facing a December run-off to keep her seat, Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu has won the go-ahead to bring the controversial pipeline project to a vote, perhaps as soon as Friday.
Russia's decision to increase its military patrols of the West comes amid increasing tensions over the situation in Ukraine.
Opium output in Afghanistan, the world's largest producer, is forecast this year to be 17 percent higher than in 2013, possibly because security personnel were pulled off opium crop eradication duty.
The European Leadership Network chronicled some 40 incidents over the past eight months, saying that Russian forces 'seem to have been authorized to act in a much more aggressive way.'
The Baghdad church run by the Anglican priest provides food, education, and medical services to nearly 5,000 Iraqis in need.
Enough food to feed the world's 800 million hungry is wasted every year. A new interactive platform will try to reduce the losses.
The group Got Your 6 wants to refocus the story of post 9/11 US military veterans. Instead of being damaged and fragile, most of today's generation of vets are committed to lives of serving others.
Chinese children arrive for a rehearsal for a welcome ceremony for visiting US President Barack Obama at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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