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Miami face-chewing victim Ronald Poppo thanked his supporters in a new video nearly one year after he endured severe injuries from a gruesome cannibal-like attack.

France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen pays tribute to the man who killed himself in the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, saying it was a "political act".

For two days John McCain and Ted Cruz have been fighting on the Senate floor over the rules for negotiating a budget, but, like so many fights, it's also about so much more. Cruz is being annoying about the budget, but w...

Tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma, are neither new nor uncommon. Monday's massive twister may be the worst the city has seen, but it's also the 22nd since 1890. We put the data for all of them on a map.

The mayor of Moore provided an estimate of the total cost stemming from Monday's tornado: $2 billion -- a sum that's about a quarter the size of Oklahoma's state budget. It would make the Moore tornado the third-most cos...

Pakistani politician return to Lahore home after treatment for back injuries incurred during election campaign fall.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has indefinitely delayed the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap, saying that he had doubts about the death penalty, much to the dismay of victims' families and a furious district ...

Packing for your next vacation or day in the sun? Environmental Working Group thinks these items should never make it into your suitcase, beach bag or backpack.

The jury in the Jodi Arias murder trial cannot agree on whether to sentence Arias to death or life in prison.

WASHINGTON -- Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Tuesday signaled to advocates that he would support an amendment to the farm bill that will legalize industrial hemp production, according to Tom Murphy...

Anthropologists find a beautiful Greek waterfront paradise once inhabited by generations of Neanderthals.

Gay activists protested Sen. Marco Rubio after same-sex couples were left out immigration reform bill.

Tesla no longer owns the federal government a dime. On Wednesday the company announced it had repaid the outsanding balance of $451.8 million, with interest, on its 2009 Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan fro...

US Attorney General Eric Holder confirms four American citizens have been killed in US drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan since 2011.

In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It's the latest advance from the booming f...

If you're a member of the Class of 2013 and want to some day be rich enough to own your own island, you may want to pay attention to Virgin Group founder Richard Branson's advice. "Be ambitious. There probably won't be a...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continentwide organization, now called the African Union, that spearheaded efforts to liberate the continent from colonia...

There's no doubt that Sofia Vergara is a bonafide crossover star with plenty of English-language projects to keep her busy. There's her ongoing role on "Modern Family," her new production deal with ABC for which she's cr...

The move singled out schools that officials said were half empty after population losses, but that opponents said targeted low-income minority communities.

In the wake of one of the most destructive tornadoes in history, Oklahoma state senators passed a bill on Wednesday that would effectively defund Planned Parenthood. Senate Bill 900, which re-allocates family planning fu...

You want to see something frightening on a lovely afternoon? Check out this amazing interactive map of Ellis Act evictions in San Francisco put together by Brian Whitty.

A new Williams Institute poll has revealed some startling facts about the demographics of gay and lesbian parents. Metro areas with the highest percentages of same-sex couples who are raising children are located in soci...