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The outer-space indie “Moon” puts the alien in alienation.

Amid the great debates of the day over health care, global warming and economic recovery, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that there will be no pause in the action to honor Michael Jackson.

A story in Thursday's Local & State section gave the wrong day that Stephen and Abby Tyler were shot as they closed their family business in Gaffney, S.C. It was Thursday, July 2.

Thousands of anti-government demonstrators were attacked with batons and tear gas by security forces Thursday as they tried to gather around Tehran University for the first protests in about two weeks, defying warnings from the authorities that they would crush any demonstrations.

The chasm between rich and poor on how to address climate change burst into the open at the G-8 summit Thursday, showing how difficult it will be to persuade the world to make lifestyle and economic sacrifices needed to save the planet from global warming.

I support Mecklenburg District Attorney Peter Gilchrist's efforts to target repeat offenders.

When President Obama meets with Pope Benedict XVI today, no right-wing Catholic demonstrators will be upbraiding the pontiff, as they did Notre Dame for conferring the church's legitimacy upon this liberal politician.

The death of Robert McNamara at 93 was less a faint reverberation of a receding era than a reminder that mentalities are the defining attributes of eras, and certain American mentalities recur with, it sometimes seems, metronomic regularity.

A new poll of 20 nations, with 62 percent of the world's population, finds that among global leaders, President Obama inspires the most confidence. The leaders of Russia and Iran inspire the least.

So, if a Myers Park kid misses 10 days of school does CMS contact their mortgage company?