NYT analysis: President wades into controversial issue, but one on which views are changing rapidly, polls show. Full story
Scores of Italians have chosen to take their own lives in response to the strain of the economic crisis and the consequent austerity measures. NBC's Claudio Lavanga reports.
Mitt Romney reiterated his opposition to same-sex marriage on Wednesday but declined to condemn President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage, noting the sensitivity of the issue.
The U.S. Postal Service is trying to tamp down concern over its wide-scale cuts, saying it will seek to keep hundreds of rural post offices open with shorter hours.
LeBron James had 29 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and the Miami Heat beat the New York Knicks 106-94 on Wednesday night to win the Eastern Conference first-round series in five games.
The sale set a record for the pop artist at Sotheby's $267 million auction of postwar and contemporary art.
Oregon public health officials have traced a nasty outbreak of norovirus infections in a group of soccer players to an unlikely source: a reusable grocery bag contaminated with what some experts are calling “the perfect pathogens.”
The company that built the space shuttle’s solid rocket boosters says it has developed a complete astronaut transportation system using America’s existing launch facilities.
Randy Santel’s belly is flat a cutting board — giving no indication that he recently completed his 100th gut-busting food challenge, downing a 72-ounce steak, salad, soup, baked potato, bread, milk, ice cream and a tomato juice all under 42 minutes and making history at one Seattle restaurant.
