The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is all fueled up and ready to go for Saturday's scheduled launch of the first commercial spacecraft bound for the International Space Station.

President Barack Obama and leaders of other major industrial powers grappled Friday with options regarding Iranian nuclear bomb development and worsening violence in Syria.

A newly discovered 200-year-old shipwreck was found 200 miles off the Gulf Coast in more than 4,000 feet of water by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Two young men were arrested Friday in the killings of two Chinese graduate students, Ying Wu and Ming Qu, shot to death near the University of Southern California campus, police said.

After jumping more than 10 percent at the start of trading, shares of the social network pulled back in their debut on the Nasdaq stock market Friday to gain a mere 23 cents a share.

Tamae Watanabe, who on May 16, 2002 at the age of 63 years became the oldest woman to climb Mount Everest, smashed her own record on Saturday, reaching the peak of the world's highest mountain at the age of 73, Kyodo news service reported.

Kobe Bryant didn't miss on 18 free throws and scored 36 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied for a 99-96 victory over Oklahoma City in Game 3 on Friday night.

Given the pace scenario, Bodemeister appears poised to turn the tables on I’ll Have Another in Saturday’s second leg of the American Triple Crown, the 137th running of the $1 million Preakness Stakes.

Rivers and streams in the world's premier wild salmon fishery would be greatly degraded for decades should a vast mine be built and then see a failure in the dam holding back its mine waste, the U.S. EPA said in a draft report.

For the first time in history a private company, Space Exploration Technologies, will fly on a NASA mission to deliver much-needed supplies to the International Space Station. NBC’s Tom Costello reports. (Nightly News)

Nerves are frayed on Florida's Space Coast as  SpaceX prepares to launch its Dragon capsule on the first-ever flight of a private vehicle to the International Space Station.

A woman says a Facebook poem she posted about bullying has brought pleas for forgiveness from former classmates who tormented her at a California high school 25 years ago.

Justin Verlander came within two outs of his third no-hitter, allowing only Josh Harrison's ninth-inning single in the Detroit Tigers' 6-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.

A Texas activist launches campaign to win a presidential pardon of celebrated American writer O. Henry, who died in 1947 under the cloud of a conviction for embezzling.

Despite earlier reports that Jennifer Lopez has decided not to return to "American Idol" for a third season, she tweeted last night that "I haven't decided what I am doing next year."

Lung cancer’s sticky stigma as, primarily, a self-inflicted disease prompted Donna Summer’s publicist to release a terse statement Friday to emphasize the singer was “a non-smoker.

Lakers guard Steve Blake and his wife have received death threats, attacks on Twitter.

It probably says something more about America than it does about 7-Eleven, but starting this month the retailer is rolling out a product that seems right for its time: a sugar-free Slurpee.

In response to last week's controversy of a Time magazine cover with a breast-feeding toddler, a single mom makes up a new 'detachment parenting' philosophy that includes blocking out cries and turning off baby monitors.

Even Hollywood stars Johnny Depp and Lady Gaga would not be welcome to work for the Japanese city of Osaka because of their tattoos, its mayor said amid a backlash over his stance against body art.

More than three decades after Charles McGhee was fatally shot in a vacant lot, an arrest has been made in the 36-year-old man’s 1981 New Year's Day death, police said.

Visitors to America’s national parks are used to seeing impressive displays of nature, but this weekend, some may be in for a special treat.

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Millions of people could witness Sunday's "Ring of Fire" solar eclipse — but what if you're one of the billions who can't? You can still watch the event online.