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Two teenage sisters were raped and killed by attackers who hung their bodies from a mango tree in Katra village in Uttar Pradesh. Villagers found the girls' bodies hanging from the tree early Wednesday, hours after they ...

Scientists at Michigan State University say they have developed a system that turns cow manure into clean water, which is as gross as it is impressive.  

Donetsk leader calls for more Russian 'peacekeepers' to fight Ukrainian forces following battle for city's airport.

Sriram Hathwar and Ansun Sujoe have serious bragging rights: they both correctly spelled so many words that they basically shut down the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday. After Hathwar, 14, spelled "stichomythia...

Kurt Eichenwald, who wrote about many of the National Security Agency programs that Edward Snowden's documents described first in 2007, has a series of 16 skeptical questions for the former NSA-CIA analyst that NBC News ...

A radical Islamist fighter who carried out a suicide bombing in Syria was a U.S. citizen, two U.S. government officials told CNN late Thursday.

SpaceX founder takes next step in private-sector race to provide Nasa with transport to and from international space station Elon Musk has taken the wraps off a new spacecraft designed to ferry up to seven astronauts to ...

Ukraine's President-elect Petro Poroshenko vows to punish "bandits" after pro-Russian rebels shot down an army helicopter, killing 12 people.

The parents of deranged killer Elliot Rodger have broken their silence about the horrible events that unfolded at UC Santa Barbara six days ago. On Thursday, family spokesman and friend Simon Astaire read a statement fro...

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ST. LOUIS -- A Missouri-based Army drill sergeant has been accused of sexually assaulting 12 female soldiers during the past three years, including several while he was deployed in Afghanistan....

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Four men had a terrifying few moments when the glass floor they were standing on 103 stories above Chicago in the Willis Tower observation deck appeared to develop cracks. The...

Recent clashes in Donetsk, Ukraine, have killed at least 70 pro-Russian separatists. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports.

It likely saved her life.

The Highland Park home and its infamous glass-walled auto pavilion where the film's most memorable scene took place ultimately went for half of what the owners had originally sought in 2009

Parents in Israel are calling a Huggies ad sexually provcative and have called on its creator to take it down. They have even threatened a boycott of the denim diaper ad that features boy-girl toddlers.

It turns out, Amazon is not only the biggest player in the game, they also work hard to maintain the illusion (and often the reality) of rock bottom prices. 

Police Scotland's controversial stop and search policy is to come under scrutiny by the force watchdog at a public meeting in Glasgow

Federal judge tells abortion provider to find out more about hospital admitting privileges

Four key reasons why the Ukraine crisis doesn't fit that description--and why that means the situation will deteriorate.

On this week’s Political Scene podcast, David Remnick and Ryan Lizza join host Amelia Lester to discuss President Obama’s speech at West Point and criticisms of his foreign policy. “I think the White House decided ...