Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, Microsoft's Bill Gates and Zara fashion house boss Amancio Ortega of Spain topped the Forbes list of the world's billionaires Monday.

French resistance hero and Holocaust survivor Stephane Hessel, whose 2010 manifesto "Time for Outrage" sold millions of copies and inspired protest movements worldwide, has died at the age of 95, his wife said Wednesday.

Best-selling French writer, veteran diplomat and concentration camp survivor Stephane Hessel, whose work inspired protest movements worldwide, has died at the age of 95, his wife announced Wednesday.

Activists with Occupy Los Angeles have filed suit against the city for what they allege was harsh police treatment as they were swept off City Hall grounds over a year ago, court documents show.

The speed and scale of the victory crashed over Barack Obama's die-hard supporters like a tidal wave, unleashing joy and relief after a tense and often ill-tempered campaign.

Chanting "four more years!" and waving flags, thousands ecstatically celebrated Barack Obama's victory in New York's Times Square Tuesday, just a week after the city was hit by superstorm Sandy.

Veterans of the campaign to bring Wall Street to a standstill are now in an army of volunteers helping the tens of thousands in a crippled district of New York one week after superstorm Sandy struck.

Veterans of the campaign to bring Wall Street to a standstill are now in an army of volunteers helping the tens of thousands in a crippled district of New York one week after superstorm Sandy struck.

Shellshocked by Hurricane Sandy, their homes dark, cold and sometimes wet too, many of the New Yorkers worst affected by the storm are relying on the kindness of friends, relatives and even strangers.

Being told to train his replacement was humiliating and surreal, but Tom Gaulrapp said the worst part was when the plant's US flag was taken down before the Chinese engineers arrived.

Protesters from Occupy Wall Street hit New York City streets again to mark their one-year anniversary, disrupting access to the stock exchange, as police detained more than 180 people.

Protesters from Occupy Wall Street hit New York City streets again Monday to mark their one-year anniversary, disrupting access to the stock exchange and prompting police to detain about 150 people.

Protesters from Occupy Wall Street returned to the streets of New York on Monday to mark their one-year anniversary, but in such small numbers that the movement appeared to be losing steam.

Police in New York on Monday arrested at least 35 demonstrators marking the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement by launching new protests, witnesses said.

New Yorkers braced for more street protests Monday as Occupy Wall Street marks its first anniversary by attempting to blockade the New York Stock Exchange and re-energize the movement.

Occupy Wall Street will mark its first anniversary on Monday by attempting to blockade the New York Stock Exchange and re-launch the movement against what it sees as inequality, organizers said.

Twitter on Friday submitted to a New York court ruling and surrendered tweets sent by an Occupy Wall Street protester accused of disorderly conduct.

A "peace caravan" on a cross-country crusade to end to the US war on drugs that organizers blame for the violence tearing up Mexico was expected to arrive in New York Thursday evening.

Occupy Wall Street will mark its first anniversary this September by attempting to blockade the New York Stock Exchange and trying to arrest bankers, organizers said Thursday.

British-Pakistani actor Riz Ahmed spoke with pride on Thursday about his star role in the political thriller "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" as a way of tackling major issues of our time.