Police in Haiti are clashing with gunmen trying to take over one of the few communities in the capital, Port-au-Prince, that is not controlled by gangs ...

In 1974, George Harrison started his first tour in eight years. He was on the road in support of his “Dark Horse” album. In 1979, Mick and Bianca Jagger divorced. They had married in 1971. Also in ...

Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster are taking their case for compensation to a UK court on Monday ...

In 1981, the TV comedy “Gimme A Break,” starring Nell Carter, made its debut on NBC. In 1983, Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” became the longest-running album on the Billboard music charts, with ...

An Indian official says India and China have agreed to a pact on military patrols along their disputed border in the Himalayas ...

Angry residents have attacked a railway guard and his post in a town outside Cairo after a train ran over and killed two children crossing from an unauthorized area ...

Lebanese were surveying the damage after overnight Israeli strikes hit nearly a dozen branches of a Hezbollah-run financial institution that Israel says is used to fund attacks ...

In 1967, The Stooges played their first concert, at a Halloween party at their house in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1970, singer Michelle Phillips of The Mamas and The Papas married actor Dennis Hopper.

On Oct. 30, 1938, the radio play “The War of the Worlds,” starring Orson Welles, aired on CBS. Using fake news bulletins and simulated on-scene reports to portray an invasion by Martians, the ...

In 1963, the Rolling Stones single “I Wanna Be Your Man” was released in Britain. In 1964, the Dave Clark Five performed on the “Ed Sullivan Show.” In 1968, Apple Records released “Wonderwall Music” ...

Wall Street tipped toward losses before the open as markets gird for another busy week of corporate earnings reports ...

Tropical Storm Oscar is moving across eastern Cuba after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on the island already beleaguered by a massive power outage ...