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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Police fired tear gas Saturday at a crowd of opposition supporters who threw stones at buses allegedly transporting supporters of the ruling coaliton, witnesses and opposition officials said. Police, however, denied tear gas was used but acknowledged dispersing opposition workers who stopped two buses in the …

NEW YORK – The personal assistant charged in the beating death of real estate agent and punk rock pioneer Linda Stein was denied bail Wednesday even though the defense argued new DNA evidence justified it. Stein’s blood was spattered around her Manhattan penthouse after she was bludgeoned to death in …

Venus is made of the same stuff of Earth, but is bone-dry, hot enough to melt lead and has a chokingly thick atmosphere. It even spins backwards. Astronomers have spent decades trying to explain Venus’ mysterious properties. Now one scientist thinks the planet’s formation may explain all: Two huge, protoplanetary …