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Anthony Weiner may be only the latest in a growing string of politicians to suffer an official investigation following a sex scandal. Penance is no longer enough in the face of partisan and public demands that transgressors pay a legal price.

Social scientists and consumer researchers say the battle over GMOs isn't really about GMOs. They say GMOs have become a stand-in for what consumers really want: less processed, natural food.

We've never been more connected as a society: tweeting, texting, vining. But when it comes to eating, more of us are going solo. And even when we do have table companions, we may be tuning them out.

The court ruling spares the lives of 11 death row inmates who were still subject to execution because their capital offenses occurred before the state repealed the death penalty in 2012.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor returned to the hearing room of the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday morning for her third day of Supreme Court confirmation hearings. She will try to reveal little more than she did in her first day of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Sixteen families who sued the estate of shooter Adam Lanza's mother will receive nearly $94,000 apiece under the deal. The settlement still needs a judge's approval.

Berlin is one of Europe's premiere cities, yet it lacks an airport befitting its status due to years of delays and cost overruns. The new airport was supposed open in 2012. Now the target is 2017.

A sampler of the many genres — garage, techno, house and bass music — that made a mark (and made us want to move) in 2012.

Josh Mendoza turned 18 this year and suddenly found himself out of his foster home and on his own. He's one of 30,000 foster kids to age out of the system this year. A new report finds that these teens are more likely than their peers to end up in jail, homeless or pregnant.

Over the decades, artists, filmmakers and writers have been fascinated with Coney Island’s amusement parks and carnival sideshows.