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Twenty-four hours of news photos: 15 August

Official reactions to Egyptian crackdown on pro-Morsi supporters in which hundreds died

Olinguito is first new carnivore identified in western hemisphere for 35 years, bringing 100 years of mistaken identity to an end A small, wide-eyed beast with luxuriant orange fur has been identified as a new species mo...

Yesterday, Egyptian security forces launched a scorched-earth offensive against backers of ousted Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi. More than 500 people died and at least 3,300 were injured in the crackdown--the deadlie...

British stuntman who parachuted at Olympic opener as James Bond dies in fall in Switzerland

South Wales policeman Jeffrey Howard Davies gets three years for what judge calls 'gross betrayal of your position' A police detective who sexually assaulted two victims of domestic violence has been jailed for three yea...

So much depends on the electronic data captured by an aircraft's black boxes, the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder, in analyzing an aircraft accident and determining its probable and contributing cause...

Dartmouth College has rescinded the appointment of a prominent African bishop as dean of a campus institution that focuses on spirituality, service, and social justice because of controversy over his views on homosexuali...

Canada teens in court in deadly cyberbullying case; they face child pornography charges

A debate among restaurant owners is age-old: should restaurants scrap the practice of tipping?

Capt. Jack Schachner of White Cap Marine Towing and Salvage, Inc., spends his summer waiting for the heat to lure boaters to the water; then he waits for them to get in trouble.

One person killed and three wounded in stronghold of Lebanese Hezbollah movement.

US President Barack Obama strongly condemns the violence against Egyptian civilians, and cancels joint military exercises.

Ukrainian politicians and businesses accuse Russia of heightened checks on their exports, allegedly to prevent Ukrainian ties with the EU.

Elon Musk recently unveiled the concept behind his Hyperloop, a pneumatic tube that would transport passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 30 minutes. "You know those old office tubes they used to fire office do...

One of Paraguay's richest men, Horacio Cartes, is sworn in as the country's president, four months after his centre-right party beat the liberal opposition.

By James Staten

Gwyneth Paltrow might be the happiest person to don a bikini, ever. And why not? She's Gwyneth Paltrow, after all. The 40-year-old actress was jumping for joy in her bikini designed by pal Stella McCartney, who just happ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In his invented lives, Christian Gerhartsreiter masqueraded as many significant people: an heir to the fabled Rockefeller fortune, a movie producer and a wizard of Wall Street among them.

Lisa Robin Kelly, the actress who played Laurie Forman on the Fox sitcom "That '70s Show" has died.

The olinguito lurks in the cloud forests of South America

Lisa Robin Kelly, best known for playing Laurie Forman on the sitcom "That '70s Show," died Wednesday at age 43, her agent told ABC News station KABC in Los Angeles.