Idris Elba is one of a host of showbiz stars recognised in the New Year’s honours list, which includes a damehood for Carry On and EastEnders actress Barbara Windsor

Jacqueline Gold, boss of high street sex shop Ann Summers and daughter of porn baron David Gold, was made a CBE.

Clinton speaks at a town hall event in Portsmouth, N.H., on Tuesday.

State Department visa officers conducted all required security checks on Tashfeen Malik, one of two shooters in the San Bernardino massacre early this month, but found no "derogatory" information before granting her a visa to enter the United States in 2013, a person familiar with the documentation said. The standard security inquiries include interagency counter-terrorism […]

By Daniel Kelley NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Bill Cosby was charged on Wednesday with sexually assaulting a woman after plying her with drugs and alcohol in 2004, marking the only criminal case against the once-beloved performer whose father-figure persona has been tainted by dozens of misconduct accusations. Cosby, 78, walking with a cane and accompanied […]

Civil rights groups in Cleveland have unveiled their list of demands and are calling upon activists to join them in protest against the decision not to indict the officers who killed Tamir Rice.

Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said the kingdom, the world’s top crude exporter, does not limit its output and has the capacity to meet additional demand, state television Al Ekhbariya reported on Wednesday. The Wall Street Journal, which reported the same comments as Al Ekhbariya, also quoted Naimi as saying Saudi Arabia’s oil policy […]

Another horrendous year is drawing to a close in the oil patch. After starting out with hopes of a rebound, 2015 will instead punctuate the worst two years ever suffered by U.S. crude producers.

Warmer-than-normal temperatures across much of the nation did nothing to heat up home sales in November.

A big point is being lost in buzz of the holidays, end-of-year excitement and the market’s hubbub over the start of the first Federal Reserve policy tightening campaign in more than a decade: America’s economy is stalling.