In a finding that teenagers all over the world will cheer, researchers say they have found a strain of “good” bacteria that may keep acne at bay.

NEW YORK -- Among the hundreds of people displaced from their homes after Sandy are sex offenders required to register with the government, and U.S. marshals are trying to find the ones who have disappeared.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Royal Dutch Shell will not drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic seas this year, the company said Wednesday in a widely expected decision that follows a series of high-profile setbacks in 2012.

CAIRO, Egypt -- Liberals and other opponents of the Islamist government in Egypt have called for the military to resume control of the country if its dire economy continues to worsen amid ongoing political turmoil.

Forget the old high school clichés about athletes not doing as well academically as less sporty kids -- a new study shows that children who exercise more do better in math, reading tests.

PBT: Stephen Curry scored an NBA season-high 54 points on Wednesday, but it wasn't quite enough to beat the Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

Astronomers have made the first reliable measurement of a supermassive black hole's spin, showcasing a technique that could help unravel the mysteries of these monsters' growth and evolution.

A Romanian man known as Nutzu the Pawnbroker has been indicted for leading a fearsome criminal gang, but the public seems to be more interested in his pets: four lions and two bears.

CBT: No. 4 Michigan failed to capitalize on No. 1 Indiana's loss a night prior, suffering arguably the season's ugliest loss to Penn State on Wednesday.

The body of a candidate for mayor of Clarksdale, Miss., was found about 15 miles west of town Wednesday, and a person was in custody, sheriff's officials said.

The final hours of Pope Benedict XVI’s papacy, including his scheduled departure on Thursday from the Vatican by helicopter, have been planned in detail.

When you gotta go, you gotta go — but most restaurants only want paying customers to use their restrooms. One eatery in Tennessee opted to take the issue to a whole new level by billing a woman $5 for using their bathroom without being a customer.

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: A millionaire's plan to send a man and a woman to Mars and back by 2019 may sound crazy — but it might be just crazy enough to work.