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Italian officials have given the go-ahead to an attempt to right the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that capsized 20 months ago.     

TOKYO (AP) -- A powerful typhoon was bearing down on Japan and headed toward Tokyo on Monday, dumping torrential rains, damaging homes and flooding parts of the country's popular tourist destination of Kyoto, where 260,0...

Twitter rage after Indian American from New York wins

Ban Ki-moon to present report to UN Security Council on Monday after it was submitted to him by UN team.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel continued to deluge Mexico's southwestern Pacific shoulder with dangerous rains while Hurricane Ingrid headed for a Monday landfall on the country's opposite coast in an unusual doub...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean businessman Sung Hyun-sang's relief at the resumption of operations at a jointly run factory park in North Korea is tempered by big worries: Can he make up for the millions of doll...

A rescue like this hasn't been tried in 70 years

Police Chief Cathy Lanier confirms that at least 12 are dead in a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.

Wooing the first-timer cruiser is a priority

By Erik de Castro ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines

China's first luxury cruise ship has been impounded in South Korea since Friday. Most passengers have been flown back to China.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Moments after winning the 2014 Miss America crown, Nina Davuluri described how delighted she is that the nearly century-old pageant sees beauty and talent of all kinds.     

BANGKOK (AP) -- Thai officials say Chin Peng, who led a bloody insurgency against British rule in Malaysia and had lived in exile for five decades since then, has died in a Bangkok hospital. He was reportedly 88 or 90 ye...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's presidential race kicked off Monday as election authorities began accepting the nominations of would-be candidates, the start of a wide-open race whose winner will oversee the fin...

Diver Brian Tovin swam deep into South Carolina's Cooper River in search of fossils and relics. In 40 feet of murky water, fighting the current, something shiny caught his eye.

Scientific estimates predict that the radioactive plume travelling east across the Pacific will likely hit the shores of Oregon, Washington State and Canada early next year. California will probably be impacted later tha...

BOSTON (AP) -- A quartet of cellos played what was certainly the classiest version of "Enter Sandman" that ever graced a baseball diamond, and the Boston Red Sox honored New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera on Sunday n...

While current NSA chief Keith Alexander may be the individual most closely associated with the controversial data collection programs made public by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, it's his predecessor, retired gener...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma City prosecutors have filed felony charges against rapper Mack Maine following an alleged altercation with two women aboard a tour bus. The 33-year-old Maine, whose real name is Jermaine Anthony...

Witnesses describe a scene of chaos descending through the floors of the building, as co-workers hearing sounds of gunfire helped each other to take shelter or flee the building.     

NC police: Unarmed man shot 10 times in weekend encounter with Charlotte officer     

An unarmed man seeking help after a car crash over the weekend was shot 10 times by the Charlotte police officer who's now charged in his death, investigators said Monday.