Investigators recovered the remains of more than 500 animals after executing a search warrant Wednesday at a home in the Feltonville section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to the city's chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

In blistering comments Wednesday, former Vice President Dick Cheney said President Obama's reaction to the botched terrorist attack on Christmas Day is proof that the president "is trying to pretend we are not at war."

The full-body scanning technology being adopted and discussed since the attempt to take down a passenger plane on Christmas Day is under attack from privacy advocates who call it a "virtual strip search."

The man accused of trying to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas Day attended an Islamic "Knowledge Fest" in Houston, Texas, in 2008, according to one of the organizers of the event.

A former Catholic archbishop in Argentina has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexual abuse of a seminary student in 1992, a court report said Wednesday.

Eight Americans believed to be CIA employees and four Canadian soldiers and a journalist (above) have been killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan, officials say.

Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has died, his family told CNN. He was 69.

Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport will begin using body scanners on all passengers taking flights to the U.S., following the attempted airline attack on Christmas Day.

The nephew of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi was buried Wednesday, three days after he was killed in anti-government demonstrations.

Iranian political supporters have marched in Tehran and other cities in response to anti-government rallies held during the holy day of Ashura on Sunday.