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NYC woman plunges to her death when 17th-floor balcony railing gives way.

Almost every man alive can trace his origins to one man who lived about 135,000 years ago, new research suggests.

But his political appeal endures

(Reuters) - A court hearing on Friday may provide a roadmap for how Detroit's historic bankruptcy filing will unfold as the judge overseeing the case could set a speedy schedule, appoint a mediator and rule on other matt...

His tumultuous presidency ends Saturday

Washington is backpedaling from the Secretary of State's recent statements on drones and Egypt

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Charges against a Saudi national accused of paying his roommate to kill a Warrensburg bar owner were dropped Friday after information from a critical witness changed, leaving the state with insuf...

More than a half million American high school students are enrolled in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Program, (JROTC). The Army's junior-year text book is analyzed here. The text contains a wildly reactionary and...

Hollywood's Surprising New Character

It takes no savvy to know what Vladimir Putin will do next. Putin (Vova or VVP, as he is known by Russians) can be counted on to do exactly what his declared "enemy" - the United States - does not want him to do. He will...

Prince George was born July 22 at 4:24 p.m. London time.

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Who is winning and where of course depends upon what you are defining as winning. In this case, it's consumer satisfaction with smartphone technologies. It seems that Samsung beats in the US in terms of this consumer sat...

The Syrian Support Group was the 'go to' NGO for funding Syrian rebels. Sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the group had it all. Then the curtain was lifted and it turned out it was about oil.

Archaeologists discovered what may be the remains of a medieval boat that's possibly hundreds of years old during construction on a drainage project along the River Chet near Loddon, England. The oaken vessel was found i...

Here's Americans living or traveling abroad should do.

French advertising giant Publicis and its American rival Omnicom announced on Sunday that the two firms were merging to create the world's biggest advertising company. News of the merger, which will produce a $35 billion...

Gen. Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi is riding a wave of muscular nationalism and pro-military sentiment, leaving questions of how quickly he intends to return the country to civilian rule.

An award-winning young adult novel that mentions masturbation was reportedly removed from the sixth-grade reading list of a New York City school after parents complained. The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian, ...

A little rain did not hamper Lollapalooza's Grant Park opening Friday. The three-day, 30-hour, 130-band mega-concert that is expected to draw 270,000 people to the park, and fatten the city's wallet by more than $4 milli...

After being found guilty of conspiring to raise e-book prices, Apple could face punishment from the Department of Justice that would strike at its typically secretive and self-contained company.

It's the year 2000 and you have a great book that you want published and sold in bookstores everywhere. It's a lifelong dream and, besides, this book is great and important and everyone should read it.