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Gen. Colin Powell believes America today is similar to the one that welcomed his immigrant parents 80 years ago -- a country based on openness, freedom and democracy for its citizens and visitors.

A deadly shooting at a Taiwanese church in California exposes rising tensions between Taiwan and China.

Richard Pryor, the iconoclastic, profane and bitingly funny comic whose uninhibited humor explored the African-American experience, died Sunday of a heart attack. The 65-year-old had battled multiple sclerosis for nearly two decades. Pryor produced 20 comedy albums, won five Grammys, and appeared in more than 30 films.

Three years ago, a U.S. presidential commission was formed to look at ways to help Cuba become a modern functioning democracy. Just three weeks ago, the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba released a report on ways to hasten the end of Fidel Castro's regime. Carlos Gutierrez, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, helped lead the panel.

Prices for stock in Google keep climbing. James Stewart, SmartMoney magazine editor at large, discusses investing in the Internet search engine -- when it's time to sell and why it's so hard to do it.

Common skin cancers have more than tripled among young adults over the past decade. A study shows that the rising rates are due to increased exposure to ultraviolet light and ozone depletion in the atmosphere.

A group of Bushmen from the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, touring America to gain support for their legal battle to fight extradition from their ancestral lands, hike the hills and beaches of Malibu.

The 18-year-old man accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo grocery store today entered a not guilty plea on charges of domestic terrorism and first-degree murder.

More than seven decades ago, colonial India was partitioned into two new nations — Muslim-majority Pakistan and Hindu-majority India. There was a massive migration between the two — and bloodshed.

Canada's official opposition, the Conservative Party, will announce the results of elections for a new party leader on Saturday.The favored candidate has been compared to former President Trump.