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Atrocities captured on video and spread through social media fuel the fire in the Syrian conflict. Jim Clancy reports.

Alicia Keating, the mother of a 2-year-old that was taken hostage in Walmart, says she hasn't stop thinking about the standoff that turned deadly, but has "compassion" for the man that held her daughter at knife-point an...

South Korea says it is considering an offer from the North for companies to visit the Kaesong joint industrial zone, suspended amid regional tensions.

Rescuers are continuing to search for people trapped in the rubble of their houses after a powerful earthquake hit Indonesia.

Tunisian rapper Ala Yaacoub, known as Weld El 15, is freed from jail after his sentence for insulting and threatening the police is cut.

The Queen visits the Borders to officially reopen the former home of Sir Walter Scott after its multi-million pound restoration.

Felllow teacher finds used needles, white residue and a bottle of pills.

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At least 16 people are killed in a suspected US drone strike on a compound in north-west Pakistan, Pakistani officials say.

NSA leaker Edward Snowden withdraws an application for asylum in Russia. A plane to Bolivia is rerouted over suspicion that it's carrying Snowden.MOSCOW -- With his prospects for refuge narrowing, Edward Snowden withdrew...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) -- North Korea's top diplomat said the U.S. must accept its offer for dialogue without preconditions if it wants to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. He drew a quick rebuttal from hi...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island lawmakers are poised to vote on a proposal to impose a 10-cent toll on the new Sakonnet River Bridge, just days after voting to delay any tolls until at least February.

Douglas Engelbart, whose invention of the mouse transformed the way people interact with computers, has died.

Douglas Engelbart, one of the inventors of the computer mouse and a computer visionary, has died at the age of 88.

Summer is here and with it comes the sun's scorching rays, burning up everything they touch. There are a few key signs to look for that will let you know you're now living on the surface of the sun.

Your smartphone knows a lot about you. It's with you all the time. It knows which apps you use. It knows which websites you visit. And it knows your gender, your age, and even how fit you are. These are all things that a...

SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) -- Bryant University says a bill passed by the General Assembly allowing the town of Smithfield to charge it for public safety services is "heavy-handed" and that it's considering legal options.

Belgium's King Albert says he will abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Philippe on July 21

Days before he was to receive a portion of $150,000 he found in his McHenry County garden, Wayne Sabaj died after going into diabetic shock.

With just eight weeks to go until the 2020 Olympic Games get their host city, Tokyo, Madrid, and Istanbul -- demonstrations and all -- are making their pitches in private today to the International Olympic Committee in L...

Spain opens its airspace to the Bolivian president's jet, after it was diverted to Austria amid suspicions US fugitive Edward Snowden was on board.

Texas Republicans voted early Wednesday to move forward with new abortion restrictions, after limiting testimony at a public hearing, refusing to consider Democratic amendments and imposing strict security precautions to...