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The Japanese government on Tuesday said it would spend the equivalent of $470 million to try to tackle the toxic water crisis at the country's crippled nuclear power plant.

BEIJING (AP) -- Former NBA star Dennis Rodman said Tuesday he was going on his second North Korea trip this year to have what he calls a friendly visit with the country's authoritarian leader, Kim Jong Un.     

PARIS -- France released an intelligence report on Monday alleging chemical weapons use by Syria's regime that dovetailed with similar US claims, as President Bashar Assad warned that any military strike against his coun...

Hackers find ways to hijack car computers and take control; auto industry fights back     

Deal worth $7.2bn to give US-based software company access to Finnish mobile-phone maker's patents and devices.

As the Arab League convened in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the Syrian crisis, several blocks away some 200 demonstrators assembled to denounce possible U.S. military action against Damascus

WASHINGTON -- The White House pressed aggressively on Monday for congressional approval of an attack on Syria, as President Obama got tentative support from Senator John McCain, one of his most hawkish Republican critics...

Jiang "suspected of serious discipline violations", state media said in shorthand commonly used to describe corruption.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- The University of Maine has submitted a proposal for a long-term contract for an offshore wind energy project, the state Public Utilities Commission said on Tuesday.     

MANCHESTER, Vt. (AP) -- A famous Vermont trout stream is expected to see improvements after a dam is removed, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said Tuesday.     

Malala Yousafzai, the young girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, opened a library today in Birmingham, England. She says that "Pens and books are the weapons that defeat t...

CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's interim president has defended the military's ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, saying he failed to deliver on campaign promises and was forced out by the will of people who elected him and not by...

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- The family of World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg will ask President Barack Obama for help in their quest to find out what happened to the Swedish diplomat who vanished after being arrested by Soviet for...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former Blackwater Worldwide security contractor charged after a deadly shooting in a Baghdad public square is asking a judge to rule soon on whether he will remain part of the case.     

Americans are largely opposed to the idea of attacking Syria, unless it's bombing done in conjunction with allies — and definitely not if it means arming rebels. That first stipulation isn't likely. The second one may ...

President Barack Obama and his administration pushed Tuesday to win approval to strike Syria from skeptical and war-weary lawmakers, meeting with congressional leaders and dispatching top deputies to testify to a Senate ...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's morning coffee fix was interrupted Tuesday when he stopped to comfort a bicyclist involved in an accident with a truck in an area called "the hipster highway" for its heavy bike traffic.     

UNION, Maine (AP) -- Judith Glassman Daniels, who blazed a trail for women in the publishing world and became the first woman to serve as top editor of Life magazine, has died at the age of 74.     

STARKS, Maine (AP) -- A 53-year-old Maine woman has been charged with spitting in the face of a town selectman to express her displeasure over a proposed telecommunications tower.     

DETROIT (AP) -- Mayor Dave Bing is criticizing his counterpart in Boston for using "an unfortunate choice of words" when describing what he would do while visiting Detroit.     

Emmanuel Cadillon is believed to have ordered brazen morning ambush as payback for the execution-style slaying of his 18-month toddler in 2006.

On Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie unleashed the latest in a series of sick burns on his likely competitor for the GOP 2016 presidential nomination, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.