Breaking news: former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was an angry, angry little man. And that's just what killed him, according to a new report. South Korean media claims the dictator died from a heart attacked sparked by a "fit of rage" over some shoddy construction work at a hydroelectric plant.

Republican Mitt Romney's family had to convince him to make a second bid for the presidency because he was reluctant to run again after failing to secure his party's nomination in 2008, Romney's son told the Boston Globe on Sunday.

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong cheated his way to the top of the cycling world through the most sophisticated doping program ever seen in the sports world, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Wednesday.

GOP presidential nominee wasted no time undermining the September jobs report saying "this is not what a real recovery looks like."

Researchers have found that the large influx of Asian and Latino immigrants into Southern California over the past 50 years has resulted in stronger and safer multicultural communities.

Minority college students who major in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) earn at least 25 percent more than their peers who study humanities or education, according to the results of a recent study. Those who took jobs related to their STEM degrees earned at least 50 percent more than their classmates who majored in humanities or education fields.

A new report from the Schott Foundation for Public Education finds that only 52 percent of Black male and 58 percent of Latino male ninth-graders graduate from high school four years later, while 78 percent of White, non-Latino male ninth-graders graduate four years later.

Researchers from the American Cancer Society found that despite declining death rates, cancer has surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death among Hispanics in the U.S.

A new NYPD report is out for the first six months of 2012 and it's not looking pretty for the black and Hispanic community.

German central bank chief Jens Weidmann's reported threat to resign has piled pressure on European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to mollify opposition to a new bond-buying plan without tying it up in so many knots it is rendered ineffective.

Katie Holmes walked away without a payment or alimony in her divorce with Tom Cruise, but the couple's six-year-old daughter, Suri, stands to receive $400,000 annually in child support until she turns 18, celebrity website TMZ.com reported on Friday.

Shares and the euro fell on Monday after the European Central Bank poured cold water on a report that its new crisis fighting plan could include buying euro zone countries' bonds if their borrowing costs breached certain levels.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon was warned during the early years of his administration of a credible threat to assassinate him while he was in the presidential jet, Mexican media reported on Sunday.

A Kia executive revealed plans to roll out the next-generation 2014 Soul as early as next year.