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A torrent of high-profile recalls and safety concerns has tarnished the once stellar reputation of Toyota, which in 2008 overtook General Motors as the biggest car manufacturer in the world.

Washington is angered as Euro MPs block a key agreement that allows US anti-terror officials to monitor Europeans' bank transactions.

Real estate tycoon and multi-billionaire Donald Trump says that he was born with the right set of genes that enabled him to have fame and fortune.

Snowfall is expected to taper off Thursday in the mid-Atlantic region, which has been battered by record-breaking blizzard conditions, forecasters said.

Candi Holyfield, the wife of former heavyweight boxing champ Evander Holyfield, has filed for a temporary protective order against her husband, court records show.

With the prospect of protests on the anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran, the BBC's Jon Leyne looks at Iran's internet battlefield.

With the prospect of protests on the anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran, the BBC's Jon Leyne looks at Iran's internet battlefield.

With the prospect of protests on the anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran, the BBC's Jon Leyne looks at Iran's internet battlefield.

Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that terrorists continue to try to harm the United States, but another "massive" terrorist strike like the September 11, 2001, attacks is unlikely.

The US expresses disappointment at a British court ruling that details of the alleged torture of a UK resident must be disclosed.

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's appeal against an 11-year prison sentence has been rejected, his lawyer says.

A college senior studying Arabic says he was wrongly detained for almost five hours last summer after an airport screener found his Arabic-English flash cards and a book critical of U.S. foreign policy.

Even as the health care debate turns to blood sport in Washington, some analysts say the debate is ignoring one of the leading causes of rising costs: the way health care providers are paid.

The thorny intersection of race and the economy topped the political agenda Wednesday as President Obama huddled with key African-American leaders at the White House.

Former congressman Charlie Wilson of Texas has died at age 76, a Texas hospital said Wednesday.

The mantra in Washington during the current winter storm is "stay home," but some doctors and nurses really do need to get to hospitals to take care of the sick.

A staff member at an elementary school in Knoxville, Tennessee, was taken into custody Wednesday minutes after the principal and assistant principal were shot and wounded while in the school, police said.

Rousted out of bed by an early morning phone call, Kay Crosby stood in the rain and watched her church burn.

Calling it the most painful injury she has ever had to face, U.S. Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn, a medal favorite in five events, cast doubt Wednesday on whether she will be able to compete in the Winter Olympics.

Leeland Eisenberg, who authorities say held Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire campaign office hostage in 2007, was arrested peacefully at his home in Dover, New Hampshire, on Wednesday morning, sheriff's officials said.