Secondary schools judged to require improvement by watchdogs will be at risk of being taken over by new headteachers, backed by other successful academies or expert sponsors.

Douglas Alexander has dodged questions over whether Labour would enter a power-sharing deal with Scottish Nationalists’ Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond if it fails to win a majority in May.

Alisha Pullen, 20, and Luke Gloster, 19, took baby Esme to Royal Stoke University Hospital in December where doctors diagnosed the infant with bronchiolitis and sent the family home.

Jen Cordaro, who calls herself ‘Jen the Archer’, started a program to teach hunting and other outdoor pursuits to children that has attracted the anger of animal-rights activists in California.

The former Arkansas governor says there's no chance he'll ever accept same-sex marriage, whether he runs for president or not.

The president predicts the Super Bowl this year "is going to be close".

The head of Julius Baer said on Monday he was confident the Swiss bank would resolve this year a U.S. probe for allegedly helping wealthy Americans to evade taxes with hidden offshore accounts. “We still don’t have any news for you on this topic but I am confident that this is now, once and for […]

The official rate is at 6.3 bolivars to the dollar and there are two other rates in the government system – known as SICAD 1 and SICAD 2 – at about 12 and 50. Diaper and tissue maker Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB.N) recently announced a charge of $462 million for its Venezuelan business, leading to a […]

Irish building supplies groups CRH has agreed to pay 6.5 billion euros ($7.4 billion) for assets that rivals Lafarge and Holcim needed to sell to secure regulatory approval for their planned merger. CRH, the leading producer of asphalt for road building in the United States, said on Monday the deal would expand its global reach, […]

Certainly, in America, there was no mistaking the postwar zeitgeist with the Era of Good Feelings. Preceding the race riots and Red scare of 1919-20 was the worldwide influenza pandemic of 1918-19; it killed 40 million people, including 675,000 Americans.