Ariel Castro, the man convicted earlier this year of kidnapping three woman, holding them in his Cleveland home for nearly a decade, and repeatedly sexually assaulting them, committed suicide in his Ohio jail cell Tuesday night, according to an Ohio corrections official. A statement from…

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has cut ties with the AFL-CIO, citing in part the private-sector union’s support for ObamaCare and immigration reform.In an August 29 letter to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, leaders of the 40,000-member union said they have become “increasingly frustrated”…

The Obama administration, bolstered by evidence the Syrian government used lethal sarin gas on its own people, expressed confidence Sunday that Congress would back President Obama’s decision for a military strike on the Middle East country. However, the president and his inner circle worked furiously…

A team of U.N. chemical weapons experts investigating the possible chemical weapons strike outside Damascus left Syria and crossed into neighboring Lebanon early Saturday, hours after President Obama said the U.S. has an "obligation as a leader in the world" to hold rogue regimes to…

Motorola's new Moto X phone doesn't cost more to make simply because it's assembled in Texas, research firm IHS said Wednesday.The Moto X is the first smartphone to carry the "Made in the U.S.A." designation. Labor costs are higher in the U.S. compared with…

Hundreds of protesters across the US marched Thursday to demand higher wages for fast-food workers, forcing the closure of one McDonald's in Detroit after its employees walked out. The protests are underway in cities including New York, Boston and Chicago, and organizers are expecting the…

ObamaCare still needs changes since it contains “inadvertent holes,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told reporters Thursday."When the act was put together, it wasn't thought completely through,” he said.Several unions have expressed outrage in recent weeks over how the law would affect their members.…

U.N. experts headed to the eastern suburbs of Damascus Thursday for a third day of inspections of areas struck by a purported chemical weapons attack, which one official suspects may have been ordered by Syrian President Bashar Assad's brother.A U.N. official who monitors armed…

Russian police raided an art gallery late Monday to seize a painting that depicted President Vladimir Putin and former Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in women’s underwear.Authorities said the satirical piece in the “Museum of Power” gallery in St. Petersburg, which has Putin in a…

A fast-moving wildfire has burned at least two homes and is threatening dozens more in a crowded Northern California neighborhood, as officials elsewhere in the state hope cooler temperatures will help in the fight against a blaze near Yosemite National Park.A fire department dispatcher…