At 79, the author of "Slaughterhouse Five" reflects on Sept. 11, death, heaven and the meaning of life.

California Democrats are trying to buy electricity to sell to state utilities, but Republicans and energy companies are crying foul.

Climate change and the domestic economic climate in tension

Leaders come to agreement on plan to stabilize the continent's sovereign debt crisis

Gillian Armstong's latest triumph is a juicy melodrama starring a stunning Cate Blanchett.

The deadly air strikes have proven neither cheap nor surgical -- nor especially triumphant

Defense Department employee alleges that some co-workers on an air base in England voted twice.

Long before Zadie Smith and Monica Ali, Andrea Levy was exploring the rich textures of race, class and empire. Her bestselling new book, "Small Island," is her first to be published in America.

Several countries are already freezing plans to build new reactors as Japan's nuclear crisis grabs headlines

Three separate investigations show that the U.S. Military bombed a mosque in Syria