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Halliburton's criminal liability related to the 2010 BP oil spill was resolved on Thursday when US District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo accepted a plea deal requiring the company to pay $200,000 for destroying evidence. �...

Egyptian security forces clash with militants in the town of Kerdasah outside Cairo, where 11 police were killed last month, reports say.

Both countries are using shows of force to defend claims to disputed islands

NEW YORK (AP) -- A homeless man who went on an anti-Semitic tirade in New York City's Times Square while dressed as Elmo is facing prison time for a plot to extort $2 million from the Girl Scouts.     

President Hassan Rouhani declared that Iran would never "seek weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons."     

NARAHA, Japan (AP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will take a firsthand look at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, aiming to quell public unease over radiation-contaminated water that is leaking from the ...

The death toll from twin storms devastating Mexico reaches 80 as rising floodwaters bring crocodiles to the centre of Acapulco.

Stenson opens with 64 for 1-shot lead over Scott, while Tiger goes without birdie at East Lake     

In two stunning bribery cases, a high-ranking Navy officer and an NCIS special agent were arrested separately this week for allegedly trading confidential information to a foreign defense contractor in exchange for luxur...

Was Sex With Children Ever Okay?

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- More than 15,000 residents have been forced to flee their homes near a volcano that rumbled to life less than a week ago in North Sumatra, spewing thick ash into the air. Local airlines have be...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) -- An associate of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is facing arraignment on an accessory charge in the case in which Hernandez is charged with murder.     

Powerball ticket matches all 6 numbers in drawing for estimated $400 million jackpot     

A maintenance worker was killed when a flash flood sent rainwater pouring into the sewer he was working in on the Northwest Side, authorities said.     

Authorities say troops have recaptured 80 percent of lost ground from rebels, as deadly Zamboanga siege enters 11th day.

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's trade deficit swelled to a larger-than-forecast 960.3 billion yen ($9.8 billion) in August, the 14th straight month of red ink, as imports outpaced the growth in exports, customs data showed Thursda...

Cars were driving the wrong way on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Wednesday evening and a person was stuck in a sewer as flash floods pummeled the area, officials said.     

The Pentagon has "put a proposal on the table" for U.S. military forces to train and equip moderate Syrian opposition forces for the first time, two Obama administration officials told CNN.

There were scenes of joy in Japan as Tokyo was named host city for the 2020 Olympic Games, but for some people in the capital the news was not something to celebrate.

JPMorgan makes rare admission of wrongdoing in $6 billion trading loss, will pay $920M     

Cubs beat Brewers 5-1 on homers by Valbuena, Schierholtz & Bogusevic , stop 5-game skid     

No charges sought against police, prosecutors over handling of Daley nephew investigation