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Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympic and Olympic track star, was indicted Monday on a charge of premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend in South Africa.

Iraqi authorities executed 17 people, including an Egyptian man and two Iraqi women, most of whom were convicted of terrorism, Iraq's Ministry of Justice said in a statement released Monday.

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Two and a half years after an earthquake and tsunami rocked the Fukushima plant and spewed radioactive waste across the region, tens of thousands of evacuees still live in a fugue of fear and confusion

Ash from Sakurajima in country's southwest coats nearby Kagoshima city and forms plume 5,000 metres high.

MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) -- Security forces have retaken control of an overcrowded prison in western Indonesia following a riot, and have recaptured most of the estimated 30 convicts who escaped.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Torrential rains brought the Philippine capital to a standstill Monday, making streets impassable to vehicles while thousands of people across coastal and mountainous northern regions moved to...

The agency finally owns up to its role in the 1953 operation.

TURNER, Maine (AP) -- A Maine attorney attacked by a polar bear last month has returned home from Canada and is scheduled to undergo surgery on his jaw.

Republican Gov. Chris Christie signed a law on Monday barring licensed therapists from trying to turn gay teenagers straight, the latest example of the potential 2016 presidential candidate steering a moderate course.

Government prosecutors are seeking 60 years in prison for Pvt. Bradley Manning as punishment for his release of classified documents. But little attention is being paid to the benefits from those disclosures, including h...

In Southern France, bulls are championed both in the arena and on the plate.

Anyone who's grown up with The Shawshank Redemption knows the value of a prison library--perhaps none more than Stephen King himself. So it should come as heartening news that Gitmo will now accept a previously rejected ...

The Coen brothers are hoping the music for December's Inside Llewyn Davis--the already highly praised story of a struggling folk singer--can live (and thrive) independently of the film.

Barnes & Noble and Simon & Schuster have finally reached an agreement after months of squabbling over book pricing, reports to Publishers Weekly.

Today in viral videos: The Westboro Baptist Church got more than it bargained for, the types of dudes who play pickup games, and a kitten to help you through your Monday.

Rates mixed at weekly US Treasury auction with 3-month bills edging lower

Amazon tribe in voluntary isolation reappears in Peru jungle seeking supplies at remote town

Phil Falcone and hedge fund Harbinger to pay $18M to settle with SEC; Falcone barred 5 years

US state unemployment rates in July, compared with last month and a year earlier

Defense lawyers said Pfc. Bradley Manning, who awaits sentencing for his role in disclosing government documents to WikiLeaks, could once again be a productive member of society.

Ecuador president says he may insist that newspapers go digital-only to save paper