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The Dhaka garment factory collapse of April 24 claimed the lives of 1,129 people, but rectifying atrocious working practices amid an international uproar is proving a tall order

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan on Thursday hanged a 73-year-old man convicted of murder and robbery, the country's sixth execution of the year.     

An 18-year-old man fell four stories through a skylight on the roof of an MIT fraternity house on Wednesday night near Kenmore Square, officials said.     

Palace: Prince William ends long stint as helicopter pilot, leaves military service     

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- A member of al-Shabab says American jihadist Omar Hammami was killed in an ambush in Somalia's southern Bay region.     

Was Into the Wild's Chris McCandless unlucky or just terribly unprepared? The book's author, Jon Krakauer, now claims to have finally found the solution, which suggests that faulty science may have been to blame.   �...

For the first time in its eight year history, the National Book Foundation's "5 Under 35" list is composed entirely of female authors.     

Syria's president says it wasn't U.S. intimidation that led him to agree -- it was old-fashioned Russian friendship

Carlos Bertonatti, the aspiring Key Biscayne pop star who killed a cyclist in a drunk-driving hit-and-run car crash, will serve a 12-year prison sentence, a judge ruled Thursday.

Prince William Gives Up Military Gig to Save Animals

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine's attorney general says an arbitration panel has blocked an effort by tobacco companies to reclaim about $50 million owed to the state under a 1998 settlement.     

CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's interim president on Thursday extended a nationwide state of emergency by two months, citing security conditions.     

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan lodged a protest Thursday against a French newspaper cartoon depicting sumo wrestlers with extra limbs fighting in front of the country's crippled nuclear power plant and linking it to Tokyo's success...

Satellite images of North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility have again raised questions about whether the country has restarted its plutonium production reactor -- regarded by western experts as a key component in the de...

Writing in the New York Times, Russian President Vladimir Putin warns of a "wave of terrorism" if Syria is attacked.

Schools and markets closed in Kathmandu as opposition enforces one-day strike demanding cancellation of November polls.

Chicago firefighters are battling a four-alarm warehouse fire at 3710 S. California Ave in the Brighton Park neighborhood.     

According to interviews and court documents discovered by The Washington Post on Wednesday, a Washington DC businessman allegedly spent more than half a million dollars on canvassing efforts for Hillary Clinton in 200...

September starts strong for stocks, despite previous worries     

Australian ex-research analyst pleads guilty to insider trading charge and cooperates in NYC     

Feds: Ex-TSA worker acted alone in threats case that caused evacuation at LAX     

Twin water spouts spin over Lake Michigan near Wisconsin town