William Moore has dogs. He sympathizes with those who lose their pets. In Lauderhill, near , a suspected cat-killer has made residents frustrated and angry. Law enforcement officials stress that it is not yet clear who or what is responsible

When most people think of graffiti, they conjure up images of crudely scrawled words and messages in spray paint in an inner city neighborhood or perhaps the New York City subway. Graffiti has changed to a large degree, however, and

This proposal of "a new beginning" did, however, reinforce my conviction that Barack Obama is one of the most gifted and serious statesmen the world has seen in action for a very long time. In Cairo, he showed remarkable insight

Traffic and trade with Kyrgyzstan halts as uneasy calm settles in Uzbek east, IWPR staff in Central Asia report.

The stunning election victory of anti-Syrian forces in Lebanon, while symbolically important, will not lead to substantive gains, ISN Security Watch staff reports.

It is a strategy that will likely take Lula into regions where previous Brazilian presidents have not had the time nor the political will to visit. Lula, however, sees himself as an international diplomat and as Brazil's best representative on

As the UN bans the use of Fijian soldiers in international peacekeeping missions, private security companies are ready to hire, Jody Ray Bennett writes for ISN Security Watch.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is aiming to use 35 percent renewable energy by 2020. But the city faces the same problem that other urban centers do: Most renewable energy sources are located far from the cities

Tuesday marks a historic moment in the U.S. auto industry saga as Chrysler ends its affiliation with almost 800 dealerships around the country. But a look at where those closures are, using Patchwork Nation\'s community types, is also revealing.

Royal Dutch Shell, in order to settle several lawsuits brought in a U.S. court, agreed this week to pay $15.5 million to the families of Nigerian protesters executed by the military regime in the 1990s.

Virginians cast ballots Tuesday in the state Democratic gubernatorial primary, the first leg of a race that\'s shaping up to be a test of whether President Barack Obama\'s popularity will lead to continued political victories for his party.

A North Korean court convicted two U.S. reporters of entering the country illegally Monday and sentenced them to 12 years in a labor camp. A professor and a former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea discuss the situation.

Ten large U.S. banks have been cleared by the Treasury Department to start repaying $68 billion in bailout money and begin to free themselves from an extraordinary government intervention program that began amid the global financial crisis.