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A former member of the elite U.S. Navy SEALs has come out to say she's now a woman. Kristin Beck, formerly Chris, served 20 years as a SEAL and fought on some of the most dangerous battlefields in the world, but after sh...

The White House Rose Garden is rarely a scene of insurrection. But the president will use the setting this morning for phase one of a strategy that could end with Senate Democrats exercising the "nuclear option" to reset...

North Korea is making "important" progress on reactivating facilities at its moth-balled Yongbyon nuclear reactor, a US think-tank says.

Today in celebrity gossip: Sean Parker had to pay the state of California a bunch of money, Justin Bieber gets even more absurd at the Heat game, and Channing Tatum's baby has a name.

Albert Einstein Discovers a New Planet -- Really

The Obama administration's "New START" arms treaty agreement with Russia is off to a bad start with every appearance of getting a lot worse. In addition to having already decimated our nuclear missile defense programs, i...

Around 300 protesters gather in Powys at the start of the largest public inquiry into wind farms ever to take place in Britain.

A man suffers serious multiple injuries after falling from machinery at Pembroke Dock port.

A new study on the science of negotiating found that round numbers lead to a bad deal

Well, this is one way to use a car! Latemodel Restoration, an online Ford Mustang parts and accessories store, tweeted a photo Monday of a marriage proposal, orchestrated by Texas Mustang enthusiast Felix Flores, spelled...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An internal review by the Los Angeles Police Department has concluded that rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner was justifiably fired.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cybersecurity issues top the agenda for President Barack Obama's weekend meeting in California with Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng), but officials say China's human rights record and the...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- In a sign Venezuela's food shortages could be worsening, restrictions on the sale of 20 basic items subject to price controls, including toilet paper and chicken, are set to begin next week in ...

The deadly cyclone that struck on Friday in El Reno, Oklahoma, was the second EF5 tornado in less than two weeks to strike the state. It was also the largest twister ever recorded.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will travel to Boston next week to lend his support to the Democratic candidate in a special Senate race in Massachusetts.

Shane Warne says the number of openers in Australia's Ashes squad suggests the selectors do not know their best XI.

Turkey's Deputy PM Bulent Arinc apologises to protesters injured in initial protests opposing the demolition of an Istanbul park.

Adrian Lamo's decision to finger Bradley Manning as one of WikiLeaks' most prolific sources of secrets may have led to the young Army private's arrest three years ago. But on Tuesday, Lamo provided courtroom testimony th...

Mass protests continue in Istanbul's Taksim Square after the deputy prime minister apologises for police response to initial demonstrations.

Malorie Blackman, the bestselling author of the Noughts & Crosses series, was announced as the new laureate on Tuesday.

PLEASANT RIDGE PLANTATION, Maine (AP) -- The National Weather Service has confirmed that Sunday's storm caused a weak tornado in Pleasant Ridge Plantation in Somerset County, Maine. But weather officials say the winds in...

For a while there, it looked like World War Z was going to be Brad Pitt's passion project turned hot undead hubristic mess, but the early reviews of the film have now arrived, and -- would you look at that -- it's actual...