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The US warns Americans not to travel to Egypt and has told non-emergency diplomatic staff to leave, as deadly clashes continued in the country.

Iowa Supreme Court revisits mother of two's gender discrimination lawsuit.

At the moment, poor Kerry is trying to put something together that would satisfy the wolf while keeping the lamb alive. Give Abbas American assurances without Israeli assurances, for example. IN ALL this bickering, one b...

The Libyan government's refusal to transfer Gaddafi's son to The Hague is testing the reputation of the ICC

Vice President Joe Biden called Ecuador's President Rafael Correa by telephone and asked him not to grant asylum to NSA-leaker Edward Snowden.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon woman residing in an assisted-living facility says she withdrew $17,000 in cash from the bank to buy a mobile home and pay some bills.

Hordes of couples in San Francisco took advantage of extended hours at the county clerk's office to get married on Saturday.

JERUSALEM (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry kept up a frenetic pace of shuttle diplomacy Saturday to coax Israel and the Palestinians back into peace talks. America's top diplomat was prepared to meet a third ti...

A spokesman for the al Shabaab group in Somalia said two commanders died during a gun battle after resisting arrest.

A murder investigation is launched after a 25-year-old woman is found dead at her home in Greater Manchester.

From Mother Nature Network's Melissa Breyer: Of all the strange ways to get buried in this world, the western tradition of burial may be the most bizarre. As opposed to many of the funeral rites observed elsewhere, our f...

Earth's waters are home to some of the strangest aquatic creatures, like the scale-less mandarinfish shown here that oozes a toxic mucus for protection.

In 1965, half of the 26 Billboard Hot 100 chart toppers belonged to British acts. This summer, of the top 50 concerts ranked by average price on the secondary market, 34 are for British bands. Welcome to the British inva...

U.S. auto sales are expected to finish strong for the first half of 2013, at the best annual sales rate for the month of June since 2007.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Less than 24 hours after California started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, lawyers for the sponsors of the state's gay marriage ban filed an emergency motion Saturday asking the U.S....

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has released its annual report of the best and worst beaches in the country. The organization identified the 11 worst "repeat offender" beaches, which violated public health s...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Less than 24 hours after California started issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples, lawyers for the sponsors of the state's gay marriage ban filed an emergency motion Saturday asking the U.S. Supr...

Every week, we bring you some of the most fascinating photos from around the world. This week, we've got a fight in the Taiwanese parliament, anti-American propaganda in North Korea, and one of the coolest supermoon phot...

ISTANBUL -- Thousands of protesters returned to Istanbul's Taksim Square on Saturday, demanding justice for a demonstrator slain by police fire during demonstrations that have swept Turkey this month. Police later forced...

Both the city of Dallas and some in the research community wish to control the message of JFK's murder.

Kim Kardashian enjoys a nice nap in the first photo since giving birth to her baby girl North, which was posted on her younger sister Khloe's Facebook!