Japan, famous for green tea, is welcoming artisanal American coffee roaster Blue Bottle with long lines that have at times meant a four-hour wait for a cup.
As she prepared to get married in 2009, Meg Keene considered iPods “a small gift from the wedding gods.”
Clashes broke out at an anti-capitalist May Day march in Seattle on Friday when protesters threw rocks and wrenches at police, who responded by lobbing stun...
Jimmy Butler scored a playoff career high of 31 points as the Chicago Bulls took a 2-0 first-round playoff series lead Monday with a 91-82 win over the...
Dwyane Wade scored 21 of his 32 points in the first half and Goran Dragic added 20 as the Miami Heat handed LeBron James another loss on his former home floor...
Bay Area rapper “The Jacka” was fatally shot in Oakland on Monday night, police said on Tuesday.
Charles and Cheryl Saul are reaping a timely windfall: an extra $500 a month thanks to cheap gasoline.
British boxer Amir Khan is eager to make up for lost time when he finally steps into the ring Saturday in Las Vegas to face the American southpaw Devon...
Tensions eased in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson Thursday after two nights of violence and looting sparked by racially charged anger over a grand jury’s...
Several people protesting the a grand jury decision not to indict a police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old stormed into City...
Protests spread across the United States late Tuesday and more than 2,000 National Guard troops were deployed in the St. Louis area to prevent a second night...
For more than a century, cities around the world have compared themselves to Paris. Many claim to be the Paris of the East: Bucharest, Prague, Istanbul,...
Stevie Wonder said the mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, isn't seeing the full picture a month after an unarmed black 18-year-old was killed by a white police...
Washington booked its place in the next round of the NBA playoffs with a victory Tuesday, while Memphis and the Los Angeles Clippers moved to the brink of the...
President Barack Obama Sunday joined leading U.S. sports figures in condemning racist remarks allegedly made by the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, one of...
Atlanta and Memphis both capitalized on a return to their home courts by beating their more-fancied opponents Thursday to take 2-1 leads in their NBA...
Zach Randolph scored 25 points to help Memphis defeat Oklahoma City 111-105 in overtime Monday and tie their NBA first-round playoff series at one game apiece.
Harrowing slavery drama “12 Years a Slave” swept the Independent Spirit Awards Saturday with five wins, just one day ahead of the Oscar ceremony Sunday.
Legislation unveiled Friday in the state of California would require smartphones and other mobile devices to have a "kill switch" to render them inoperable if...