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The Mundaneum is more than an antiquated indexing system. It's an ahead-of-its-time testament to the power of information.

Jean-Jacques Savin is attempting to navigate the vast Atlantic Ocean in pursuit of the Caribbean using only the wind and current to get him there.        

The brother of the "Star Wars" icon opens up to ABC News.

California authoritiesare searching for a man who killed a small-town police officer and is in the country illegally, according to a county sheriff.        

The clock is ticking for Sears -- and later this week, it's at risk of running down for good. Bids to acquire the bankrupt retailer are due in US Bankruptcy Court on Friday at 4 p.m. -- and the only buyer who has express...

Court document by Concord Management asks how details about a "nude selfie" would threaten national security.

A far-right youth movement is part of a growing network of actors giving extremism a friendly face -- and worrying intelligence officials.

Sandra Bullock shares what she does to take a step back and just enjoy life.

The hottest -- and according to some critics the most addictive -- video game in the world is raking in billions. "Fortnite" -- a battle royale that pits players against each other in a "Hunger Games"-style fight to the ...

The president's comments and his encouragement of supporters in the crowd in Iraq and Germany veered from norms even as he upheld the convention of visiting soldiers abroad during the holidays.

Between heavy sobs, Catarina Alonzo explained that when her husband left Guatemala to try to reach the United States, they hoped taking their 8-year-old son would make it easier for the pair to get in. Instead, the boy f...

A bipartisan bill stirring in the Senate would prohibit lenders from mailing unsolicited checks that can immediately be converted into high-interest loans. Consumer groups call the loans predatory, but lenders say they a...

As moves toward peace pick up in Afghanistan, the Taliban are trying to show they have changed since the brutal days of the 1990s when they banned music and girls' education and carried out public executions in Kabul's f...

A well-known climate change expert and professor at the University of Minnesota choked and brutally assaulted his fiancé, who told cops she fears he will kill her, according to a criminal complaint. Aaron Herbert Doerin...

U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday in broad-based gains, with technology stocks providing the biggest boost as the market rallied for the third day.

U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday in broad-based gains, with technology stocks providing the biggest boost as the market rallied for the third day.

The USA's weather isn't going quietly into the new year, thanks to apair of blizzards and a widespreadflood threat.        

More than 46 million people are registered to vote, the run-up to which was marked by deadly violence.

Macedonia's president has urged parliament to reject a deal with Greece under which his country would amend its constitution and change its name to North Macedonia in return for being …

The Latest on Congo's presidential election (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Congo's health ministry says the uproar over a delayed presidential election in two cities hit by a deadly Ebola …

Lebanon had elections seven months ago after a hiatus of nine years but a political stalemate has ensued ever since.

Little progress has been made to resolve the partial government shutdown nearly a week after it began, as President Trump and his Democratic opponents are both apparently under the impression they have the upper hand in ...