Honda is recalling 104,500 cars in 49 countries worldwide to fix problems with the brakes.
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Hands-free doesn't always mean risk-free driving (Photo Gallery) (Video)
A survey by AAA found the dashboard technology and hands-free devices marketed as a safe alternative for phone calls are actually more distracting than simply talking on a cellphone.
For the first time, America's racial and ethnic minorities now make up about half of the under-5 age group, the government said Thursday. It's a historic shift that shows how young people are at the forefront of sweeping changes by race and class.
Survey: Many Americans say 'Big Brother' is here
There's little wonder why George Orwell's novel "1984" is seeing a resurgence in sales.
Tunisia imprisons 3 European feminists for topless protest
A Tunisian court on Wednesday convicted three European feminist activists who staged a topless courthouse protest last month, sentencing them to four months and a day in prison, a court official said. The defense called the sentence far too harsh.
FEMA denies major disaster aid for Texas refinery blast (Photo Gallery)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is refusing to provide additional money to help rebuild the small Texas town where a deadly fertilizer plant explosion leveled numerous homes and a school, and killed 15 people.
NSA director: Programs disrupted dozens of attacks
The director of the National Security Agency said Wednesday that once-secret surveillance programs disrupted dozens of terrorist attacks, explicitly describing for Congress how the programs worked in collecting Americans' phone records and tapping into their Internet activity.
Authorities on Wednesday charged a Fort Hood sergeant with paying for sex with a soldier in a prostitution scheme allegedly arranged by a low-level coordinator of the Texas Army post's sexual assault prevention program.
Lawmakers concerned over U.S. surveillance programs
Lawmakers voiced their confusion and concern over the sweeping secret surveillance programs revealed recently, after receiving an unusual briefing on the government's yearslong collection of phone records and Internet usage.
NSA leaker Snowden says he's not avoiding justice
The former CIA employee who leaked top-secret information about U.S. surveillance programs said in a new interview in Hong Kong on Wednesday that he is not attempting to hide from justice here but hopes to use the city as a base to reveal wrongdoing.
10-year-old girl who took on donor rules gets adult lungs
A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation drew public debate over how organs are allocated was getting a double-lung transplant Wednesday after a match with an adult donor was made.
AAA study: Hands-free texting still distracting for drivers (Video)
Using voice commands to send text messages and emails from behind the wheel, which is marketed as a safer alternative for drivers, actually is more distracting and dangerous than simply talking on a cellphone, a new AAA study found.
Defense hints at plea deal in Ohio kidnapping-rape case
A man accused of holding three women captive in his home for about a decade pleaded not guilty Wednesday, and the defense hinted that a trial can be avoided with a plea if he escapes the death penalty.
Colorado wildfire forces evacuation of 900 prisoners (Photo Gallery)
A wildfire forced the evacuation of more than 900 prisoners at a state prison southwest of Colorado Springs early Wednesday, one of four blazes along Colorado's Front Range that destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of people to flee.
Gunslinging granny, 72, opens fire at home intruder
A 72-year-old Southern California woman who shot at - and narrowly missed - a man trying to break into her home said Tuesday she was shocked at the attention but doesn't regret defending herself and her husband, an 85-year-old World War II veteran who uses a wheelchair.