We have learned today that a woman tossed a terracotta mug at the Mona Lisa during a visit to the Louvre museum in Paris, a couple of weekends ago. The pretty bizarre incident happened on the first Sunday of August, when the museum traditionally opens...

247,000 Americans lost jobs in July, but in the less-bad-news-is-OK-news spirit, President Barack Obama cheered the numbers this afternoon. "We're pointed in the right direction," Mr. Obama said, "We're losing jobs at less than...

Urumqi, the troubled capital of China’s north-western Xianjiang province, is under lock-down today. It has been the scene of serious civil unrest since the weekend with the ethnic minority Uighurs pitting themselves against the Han Chinese in a...

ABC's Matthew McGarry reports from London: You know you live in uncertain times when it comes down to this: British Airways, the UK’s largest airline, which every year whisks tens of millions of people around the world on its fleet...

The Los Angeles Lakers are the new NBA Champions. And like all championship teams, they deserve a parade, right? Do you go ahead with a pricey parade when the state and city you live in is experiencing its most dire...