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The chief of the Irish economy airline said the move could add six more seats to each plane and save passengers an average of $3 a person. The catch is that 200 passengers would be forced to share one toilet.

As the U.S. continues to lay out its case about a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the U.S., Iran continues to deny any official involvement.

In a leaked diplomatic cable, a Japanese government official said a visit by President Obama to Hiroshima was "premature" and an apology for using atomic bombs was a "non-starter."

This year's honorees include debut novelist Tea Obreht and poet Adrienne Rich. The winners will be announced next month.

One of the main concerns about the merged Shelby County school district is its size. Ramon Cortines has been superintendent of school districts of all…

The decision was the culmination of a budget dispute between the city and county and freed about 30 charged with abuse.

In 2007, artist Lonni Sue Johnson contracted viral encephalitis, leading to severe brain damage and amnesia. But language and crossword puzzles have unlocked Johnson's ability to remember how to play the viola and create simpler, childlike art — and that intrigues scientists at Johns Hopkins University.

American banks have, for years, been accustomed to making risky bets — not only on behalf of clients but also with their own money. But many are now protesting, and preparing for, a new measure in the works that would reign in what's called proprietary trading: The Volcker Rule. Robert Siegel talks with Ben Protess of the New York Times about a new rule intended to reign in this behavior on the part of banks.

The Cook County sheriff's office in Illinois has launched a new effort to identify eight unidentified victims of mass murderer John Wayne Gacy. The department wants relatives of men who disappeared between 1970 and 1978 to participate in saliva tests to compare their DNA with that of the victims' bones.

Before GOP presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman served as governor of Utah, a corporate executive, and U.S. ambassador to China, he had another youthful calling: Huntsman was a rock 'n' roll musician in a band called Wizard.