Tables filled with guns packed a building in Conneticut's most populous city, where a gun buyback program drew scores of gun owners.

The Senate's top Democrat and Republican will work this weekend to forge a deal to prevent the country from going over the fiscal cliff.

From faraway planets to the deepest depths of the ocean, 2012 has been an exciting year for scientific achievements and milestones.

The Bible doesn’t clearly express an opinion on the possession of guns, but many evangelicals defend the unlimited distribution of firearms with the same fervor that they defend biblical orthodoxy. According to a recent Public Religion Research Institute survey, 8% of white evangelical Protestants f...

President Barack Obama s headed back to Washington and the U.S. Senate prepared to reconvene ahead of the looming fiscal cliff deadline.

The victim of a brutal gang rape that sparked massive protests in India arrived in Singapore for treatment Thursday morning.

John MacIntosh says gun manufacturer Freedom Group should be acquired by public-spirited billionaires and turned into a company with ethical goals

If you received shiny new gadgets for the holidays, you probably have some older device that is now unwanted or obsolete. If you can't regift your old computer, tablet or TV, make sure you get rid of it the smart way by selling, donating or recycling it.

Russia's upper house of parliament has approved a controversial measure banning adoption of Russian children by U.S. families, Russian media reported Wednesday.

S&P/Case-Shiller home price index shows biggest year-over-year increase since spike caused by expired tax credit.

Melissa Nelson, a worker fired for being "irresistible" to her boss, spoke out about a high court decision that said her termination broke no discrimination law.

Sometime in the next 10 days, a fiscal cliff agreement is likely, but it almost certainly won't be a broad deficit reduction plan.

An newspaper's online map of names, addresses of handgun permit-holders in New York's Westchester and Rockland counties is drawing a mostly negative response.

Millions of young people want to change the world. Meet three kids who've done it.

Christmas is synonymous with colorful decorations, festive markets and extravagant quantities of food.

Actor Jimmy Stewart packs a snowball on the set of "It's a Wonderful Life." In the 1946 holiday classic, an angel shows frustrated businessman George Bailey what his community would have been like without him.

Washington (CNN) -- A majority of Americans give a thumbs up to Sen. John Kerry becoming the country's next secretary of state, according to a new national survey.

Victor Cruz had no idea what he would say to a family dealing with unthinkable grief. He just knew he had to be there.

IReporters list five reasons many gun owners want military style rifles.

Aarathi Prasad says scientists are working on techniques that could give people more freedom to decide when and how to have children.

Attention last-minute shoppers: We asked some psychologists what, from the point of view of how the mind works, might make a great gift.

Facebook will let some users pay to send messages to people who are not connected to them.

(CNN) - Just over two hours after the much-anticipated remarks Friday morning by the National Rifle Association responding to last week's deadly shooting at a Connecticut school, mostly Democratic political figures had weighed disagreeing with the organization's comments.

The NRA grives the lives lost in Connecticut, but school no-weapons policies put children's lives at risk, the group's chief said Friday.

Some believe the world will end with the Mayan "Long Count" calendar December 21

President Barack Obama on Friday will nominate Sen. John Kerry, the former presidential candidate who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to be the next secretary of state, a senior administration official told CNN.

House Speaker John Boehner's proposal to avert the looming fiscal cliff's automatic tax increases has failed to get enough Republican support, throwing yet another monkey wrench into the contentious debate.

The evolving life, face and story of Aesha, disfigured by the Taliban and featured on the cover of Time magazine, has captivated audiences around the world.

Marketers have long told potential customers that if you used their product, it would do more than satisfy your consumer desires, it would make you into the kind of person you want to be.

Amid reports that alleged gunman Adam Lanza, 20, had Asperger's syndrome, autism experts are mobilizing to combat misconceptions about the condition.

William Bennett says having armed and trained people could help protect schools and other vulnerable places from gun violence

Washington (CNN) -- Just over half the public says that the GOP should give up more than the Democrats in any bipartisan solution to the country's problems, according to a new national survey.

Potential fiscal cliff casualty: Without an AMT

Tens of thousands of people lost power in Iowa Thursday as the first major storm of the season swept in, bringing blizzards to the Plains.

Two very different images captivated Internet viewers on Wednesday.

IntercontinentalExchange to buy NYSE Euronext in $8.2 billion merger.