Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist in his return from a concussion and Sidney Crosby contributed the same stats as the Penguins rallied to beat the Lightning 4-3.

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Three weeks before Passover, a plague of locusts is swarming from Egypt to Israel, sparking fears among farmers in the region.

On Monday, the five remaining players and the three kid participants celebrated -- in style. "Project Runway's" resident fashion guru guided the "Losers" to their new looks.

A computer glitch, possibly caused by radiation, has put on hold the Mars rover Curiosity's first attempt to analyze powder from inside an ancient rock, officials said on Monday.

The battle over climate change is heating up in Washington – as President Barack Obama’s nomination of Gina McCarthy to lead the EPAsets the stage for a struggle over regulations intended to reduce carbon dioxide and other emissions.

Responding to numerous Freedom of Information Act requests, the agency has released the 128-page record it had on the late music legend.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will build a new joint company for securitizing home loans as a stepping stone toward shrinking the government's role in the mortgage market, the regulator of the U.S. government-controlled firms said on Monday.

This year Forbes has uncovered a record 1,426 billionaires. That is 200 more than we found in 2012, another record breaking year.

Ohio’s famed Oberlin College suspended classes on Monday after a person was spotted on campus wearing what appeared to be a white KKK robe, the latest in a string of racially charged incidents on campus.

A bipartisan group of senators has reached a deal on a bill that would make it a federal crime to buy a gun for someone who isn't legally allowed to own one. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy announced the agreement on the Senate floor Monday evening.

SAO PAULO (AP) - The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is set to be the first to offer special seats for obese fans.

The case of a baby who may have been cured of an HIV infection raises two tantalizing prospects: Is it possible to save even more newborns from infection, and is it possible that other babies may have been cured and no one knows it yet?

VATICAN CITY — An Italian priest set fire to a photo of Pope Benedict during Sunday Mass in protest against his abdication, telling a shocked congregation that the former pontiff had abandoned his flock. "It was wonderful," the Rev.

Most men and women who appear to be successfully climbing the corporate ladder say they can “have it all” — but maybe not all at the same the time.

On Thursday last week, analysts visiting IBM's Almaden research labs were served a breakfast pastry designed by the IBM's clever software itself, the New York Times reports. After absorbing 20,000 recipes, Watson suggested that chefs cobble together a Spanish-inspired breakfast pastry made from a list that included cocoa, saffron, black pepper, almonds and honey.

Michelle Obama offered a peek inside the first family's healthy habits on Monday, revealing there's one thing they never talk about at home: weight.

Science editor Alan Boyle: The planet Venus shines like a "pale yellow dot" in a pair of eye-popping pictures of Saturn from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

Is the baby breathing? Most new moms are anxious, but a new study finds that 11 percent may suffer from obsessive-compulsive symptoms, compared with 2 percent to 3 percent in the general population.

After an 87-year-old collapsed at an assisted living facility in Bakersfield, Calif., last week, a nurse called 911 but didn't perform CPR, citing policy. She should have done it anyway, writes bioethicist Arthur Caplan.

Forget the “sequester.” There’s a campaign going on involving accusations of corruption, bankruptcy, race and President Obama, gender politics, grave-digging, and even drilling for oil in Beverly Hills.