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Congress reconvenes to debate President Obama's case for military action, as Syria threatens "retaliation" if strikes go ahead.

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague will discuss the Syria crisis with US Secretary of State John Kerry during talks in London later.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is the father of a little girl, according to basketball legend Dennis Rodman, who recently completed his second visit to the isolated Communist country this year. 

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ares Management and a Canadian Pension said on Monday that they are buying the luxury chain Neiman Marcus for $6 billion. The deal, which is expected to be finalized in the fourth quarter, would end cont...

Syria's foreign minister said on Monday that the Assad regime welcomes a Russian proposal to put the country's chemical weapons under international control, Reuters reports. This is breaking news. Check back later for up...

As many as 400 armed Muslim rebels are holding around 20 people hostage in a southern Philippine city after coming ashore by boat, authorities said Monday.

There's little doubt Syrians suffered a chemical attack, but the videos do not show who was responsible. U.S. lawmakers remain wary.

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A GP who sexually assaulted and took intimate pictures of women and child patients is jailed for six years.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Dennis Rodman is going back to North Korea, and he says he will bring a team of former NBA players with him. Days after returning from his second trip to visit Kim Jong Un -- in which he held the leader'...

Carlos Bertonatti, the Key Biscayne musician who killed a cyclist in a drunk-driving hit-and-run crash on the Bear Cut Bridge, will soon learn how much time he is to spend behind bars.

About 14 people slightly injured after they escaped down the emergency slides, Thai Airways says.

If you're looking for greater satisfaction, here are the places you're more likely to find it, says one report.

An explosion near a primary school in a southern Chinese city popular with tourists has killed at least one person, state media reported Monday.

Mexico proposes sweeping social program changes, with pensions, unemployment insurance for all     

Prisons in England and Wales should do more to promote safe sex behind bars, says the first ever review of sex in prisons.

Ben Jealous, who became the head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 2008 at age 35, will resign at the end of the year     

Asian markets climb as Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid and China exports accelerate     

Coverage and live analysis of the U.S. Open men's final between No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Rafael Nadal.     

Study says small-scale logging bigger threat than realized for Monarch butterflies in Mexico     

Chicago aldermen agree to eliminate some tough gun restrictions; council to vote Wednesday     

President Obama on Monday took a sharp turn away from his "red line" threat to Syria on the eve of taking his case to the American people, saying in an interview with Fox News that he's open to negotiations on an alterna...