American and Taliban leaders confirmed yesterday that they would meet face-to-face this week in the Taliban’s newly opened political office in Qatar to discuss ...

Yesterday’s front page listed the date as June 19, 2013, which can’t be right. No, of course not, unless…unless the time machine ...

A survey found that media stories that focused on support for same-sex marriage appeared five times more often than those that focused on opposition to ...

The Supreme Court struck down a controversial Arizona law yesterday that required residents to provide proof of U.S.

A British auction house will sell several locks of Mick Jagger’s hair, which are expected to fetch between $2,300 and $3,100, and ...

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian welcomed a healthy daughter into the world Saturday, with the newborn weighing in at less than 5 pounds and the ...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, for the first time in modern history, more white Americans are dying than being born, with whites predicted ...

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Dear The Onion, How do you become the guy who shoots injured horses? I have an interest in one day shooting injured horses. Skip Treacher ...

The NSA chief claimed that his agency’s phone and internet surveillance programs had stopped “dozens” of acts of terrorism, and the FBI director added ...

Jiroemon Kimura, a Japanese man who was born in April 1897, died Wednesday of pneumonia in his hometown at the age of 116, making him ...

Facebook began adding hashtag functionality to its website yesterday, allowing users to turn any posted word into a link by placing a pound sign in ...

Anticipating powerful storms and rising sea levels due to climate change, Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled a $20 billion long-term plan that includes building massive floodwalls ...

George W. Bush’s approval rating has climbed to its highest level since 2005 and he is now seen more positively than President Barack Obama ...

A poll found that 56 percent of Americans believe the NSA’s collection of phone record data is “acceptable,” saying that the government’s need ...

Dear The Onion, It’s like the price of gas isn’t even a story to you guys anymore. What happened? Tim Starble, Wichita, KS