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Schools, offices and airlines closed or disrupted with more than 200 dead after torrential rain in parts of China China and Taiwan braced on Friday for the impact of Typhoon Soulik as the toll of dead and missing from to...

The conservative blogosphere is brewing with ominous warnings about the inevitable riots they think will come if George Zimmerman is acquitted of charges related to his killing of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin. (My colleag...

Millions of dollars in donations that poured into Newtown, Conn., after the Sandy Hook school shootings will be distributed to victims' family members and survivors this summer. Families of each of the 26 students killed...

Edward J. Snowden met with representatives of human rights organizations at his temporary Moscow airport refuge on Friday and appealed for their help in seeking asylum status.

Hunt still on for about 150 prisoners, including convicted terrorists, who escaped leaving five dead Authorities are searching for scores of inmates, including convicted terrorists, who escaped from a crowded Indonesian ...

CNN's Anna Coren gets an exclusive interview with Edward Burkhardt, chairman of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway.

Are women really outraged over the Spitzer and Weiner candidacies?

Rights group urges Israeli military to "change tactics" when dealing with Palestinian youth in Occupied West Bank.

PEABODY, Mass. (AP) -- Boston police confirm that they've exhumed the remains of the man suspected of being the Boston Strangler.

Attorney General Eric Holder will release new guidelines for snooping on reporters, The New York Times' Charlie Savage reports.

The identity of a Twitter avatar conceived as an unholy mash-up of the former Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl and the bad-boy TV food host Anthony Bourdain is revealed.

LONDON

A short while ago, the jury in the trial of George Zimmerman was handed the case. When the verdict is returned, whatever it happens to be, there's one thing that's important to remember: Those women know more than you.

Since its coal-fired boilers were shut down permanently in 1983, the Battersea Power Station - one of London's most iconic structures - has been the subject of several different redevelopment schemes, all of which have f...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Officials say Lake Champlain is now receding from near-flood levels never before seen in the middle of the summer.

Gone are the days of strategically choosing a security line at the airport. TSA is now planning to use electronic 'Randomizers' to randomly route passengers to a conveyor belt. Aside from the obvious motive of creating a...

Runways at London's Heathrow close after incident involving Ethiopian Airlines jet.

A total of 650,000 civilian employees are now being furloughed at U.S. military bases in response to sequester cuts -- but the Department of Defense is still spending millions to protect fuzzy critters.

Snowden has reportedly accepted Russia's offer of asylum, but important questions remain about his future and about future revelations about NSA activities from his leaked files, reports TCBH! journalist Dave Lindorff

US whistleblower says US government and Western countries are preventing him from seeking asylum.

Eager fans pitched their tents, powered up their laptops, and tried to get comfortable for their two-week long wait. But these campers weren't waiting for the release of the latest Air Jordan, smartphone, or videogame co...

George Zimmerman's defense attorney said in closing statements today that he will prove the Neighborhood Watch volunteer is "innocent" of murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.