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Experts urge Caribbean nations to prepare for climate change or risk fresh water scarcity     

He was the last to see the Nazi leader alive

A Cairo car bomb can't stop the return of the Mubarak-era police state

She calls herself "Diana, the Hunter." Authorities say the elusive woman has killed at least two bus drivers in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

HONOLULU (AP) -- A Hawaii musician and his friend visiting from Connecticut claim in a federal lawsuit that Honolulu police officers used excessive force when they were mistaken for armed robbers while hiking.     

WASHINGTON -- If President Obama has any hope of gaining congressional approval to strike Syria, he may need to win without help from Massachusetts' normally reliable all-Democratic delegation.     

The unemployment rate ticked down just slightly to 7.3% in the weak monthly report

US president makes case for "limited" strikes against Syria, as Putin says Russia "will help" Assad if action launched.

At least seven fighters killed when missiles hit compound in North Waziristan, Pakistani officials and residents say.

Former Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder backtracked Thursday from comments he made a day earlier that former teammate Ricky Williams smoked marijuana on the eve of his franchise-record, 228-yard rushing game against ...

Erin McLauglin reports on the long-awaited premiere of a movie about Princess Diana and her love affair with a surgeon.

Gubernatorial Candidate Charlie Baker's Interview With WBZ-TV Paula Ebben Part 2     

WEST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Two patients who underwent surgery at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut may have been exposed to a fatal brain disease, health officials said Friday.     

More than 60 percent of people pretend to have read books they haven't, according to a recent survey. And based on what we've learned in the past, we all lie about reading the same books over and over.     

Exclusive: Despite the Obama administration's supposedly "high confidence" regarding Syrian government guilt over the Aug. 21 chemical attack near Damascus, a dozen former U.S. military and intelligence officials are tel...

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- The mother of one of the 26 victims of last December's massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School wished the country's educators "courage, faith and love" Friday as they start a new school year. ...

US Representative Peter King, a New York Republican, wedged a Boston visit on Friday into his presidential campaign exploration trip to New Hampshire this weekend, and predicted defeat for President Obama's request for c...

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A federal judge in Mexico has ordered the release of two teenagers who had claimed that the cocaine police found in their van was hidden in the vehicle before it was purchased at U.S. government aucti...

The BBC's former director-general has challenged testimony about how much the BBC Trust knew about payouts to departing executives.     

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Two researchers and their pilot remained stranded on a remote Alaska volcano Friday, two days after freezing rain left thick ice on their helicopter.     

A sport utility vehicle carrying four teenagers crossed the center line on the Arborway in Jamaica Plain this afternoon and rolled over, striking a pickup truck occupied by two adults, State Police said.     

BOSTON (AP) -- State police say six people, including four teenagers, have been injured in a crash between an SUV and a pickup truck in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood.