An American's cartoon showing the eagle in the Mexican flag dead in a pool of blood is drawing criticism.

Hurricane Earl weakened and became a tropical storm Friday night as it moved east of Cape Cod, the National Hurricane Center said.

A new anti-crime technology has reached downtown Washington -- but so far, it's getting a mixed reception.

The judge declared a mistrial in the sham marriage trial of Mexican soap opera actress Fernanda Romero on Friday after jurors said they were deadlocked with no hope of agreeing.

The mother of a 4-year-old girl found dead in her Brooklyn home Thursday morning was charged Friday with second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child, according to police.

A powerful predawn earthquake struck near Christchurch, New Zealand, on Saturday, sending people into the streets as windows exploded and buildings crumbled. Emergency officials reported no deaths.

A Florida judge sentenced Rachel Wade, the 20-year-old woman convicted of second-degree murder for fatally stabbing her romantic rival in a fight last year, to 27 years in prison Friday.

Bethany Storro doesn't usually wear sunglasses, but she got a surprise paycheck and bought a pair earlier this week. Those sunglasses, she is convinced, saved her eyesight when a woman threw a cup of acid in her face 20 minutes later.

President Obama will award the Medal of Honor, the military's highest award for bravery, to Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger for his valor in saving the lives of three wounded comrades at a then-secret base in Laos in 1968, the White House announced Friday.

A United Parcel Service cargo plane crashed in an unpopulated area near the Dubai airport, killing the two crew members on board, UPS officials said Friday.

There are plenty of reasons to be excited about the fall. We've got pumpkins, colorful leaves, Halloween, and whatnot. But the hands-down best thing about fall is that this is the season when the "good" movies come out.

Religious leaders in Britain on Friday hit back at claims by leading physicist Stephen Hawking that God had no role in the creation of the universe.

Six job recruiters have been indicted in federal court in what the FBI has called the largest human-trafficking operation ever to result in charges in the United States.

With a dozen humanitarian missions behind her, Ashley Judd has ventured to Africa to challenge the relationship between valuable minerals and unspeakable violence.

The National Football League has reduced the suspension of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger from six games to four, the league said.

Natalie Grant apologizes for crying, but she can't help it.

European scientists say they've figured out the recipe for water in space: Just add starlight.

It is official: Jim Parsons is the new poster child for geekdom.

The man being questioned by the FBI after authorities found a suspicious object in his luggage at Miami International Airport is a scientist who has spent time in prison for illegally transporting vials of bubonic plague, CNN has learned.

A shootout between soldiers and suspected drug dealers in northeast Mexico left 25 of the suspects dead, the regional military said Thursday.