Hundreds of protesters in the Occupy Wall Street movement are swarming midtown Manhattan for what they call a “Millionaires March” that is passing the homes of New York City’s wealthiest residents, including News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and oil tycoon David Koch. Protesters expressed concern about how much less [...]

The tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu – in danger of sinking into the sea – has declared a state of emergency. The state of emergency was declared after existing desalination plants broke during a drought, exacerbating an already dire situation. The Tuvalu Red Cross said it had not rained properly in the country for [...]

A helicopter carrying five people on a private tour for a birthday celebration sputtered and crashed into the East River on Tuesday afternoon shortly after takeoff from a riverbank heliport, killing one passenger and injuring three others. The victim, visiting the city with her family to celebrate her 40th birthday, apparently was trapped inside as [...]

An alleged SAT cheating ring has been busted in Long Island, N.Y., resulting in the arrest of seven students. At least six high school students allegedly paid 19-year-old college student Sam Eshaghoff thousands of dollars to take the test for them, prosecutors said. Over the past year, six students from Great Neck North High School [...]

Two subway trains collided in Shanghai on Tuesday injuring more than 270 passengers, 20 critically, prompting public anger two months after a crash between two high-speed trains and renewing concerns about China’s aggressive rail building plans. The collision occurred in central Shanghai, near the Yu Yuan gardens, a well-known tourist attraction, after a signal failure [...]

A Western Hills High School student who was suspended from school for saying homosexuality is wrong has had his punishment reversed, according to the boy’s mother and attorney. Freshman Dakota Ary was in German class Tuesday when the discussion turned to religion, and a student in the back of the class asked about that country’s [...]

The university proposes opening the Center for Medical and Health Sciences by 2013. Liberty University’s plans to broaden its academic offerings into the increasingly popular health care arena, including opening a medical school, moved a step closer Thursday to securing a $12 million matching grant from the Virginia Tobacco Commission. A committee of the commission [...]

New York will see the start of a bicycle sharing system next year with 10,000 bikes deployed in an effort to get the increasingly popular urban transport idea rolling. Alta Bicycle Share announced Wednesday it had won the contract from New York City for the privately funded system, which will start in summer of 2012, [...]

The ranks of the nation’s poor have swelled to a record 46.2 million – nearly 1 in 6 Americans – as the prolonged pain of the recession leaves millions still struggling and out of work. And the number without health insurance has reached 49.9 million, the most in over two decades. The figures are in [...]

The plot of land that has been known for a decade as “the pile,” ”the pit” and “ground zero” will welcome the public Monday for the first time since that terrible morning in 2001, and visitors will find a place transformed from the gray ruins place so seared into our collective imagination. The National 9/11 [...]