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Video released by NBC News shows the horrifying collision between two planes carrying skydivers over northwest Wisconsin on Saturday. Cameras mounted on the skydivers' helmets give a first-person view of the collision an...

Steve Harrigan reports from Miami, Florida

BEIJING (AP) -- Volunteers are rushing to rescue hundreds of cats confiscated from a dealer and released into a mountainous area in eastern China, an animal welfare activist said Tuesday.     

Authorities are searching for a gunman who opened fired at a sprawling mall in New Jersey Monday night shortly before closing time, city officials said.     

TRI NGUYEN ISLAND, Vietnam (AP) -- Nguyen Thi Yen rolls up the sleeves of her white lab coat and delicately slips her arms into a box covered by a sheath of mesh netting. Immediately, the feeding frenzy begins.     

SEOUL, South Korea -- An unspecified number of North Korean sailors were killed when their submarine chaser sank last month, according to North and South Korean news media.     

DAMASCUS -- Syria said Monday that it will work with international organizations to ensure that all children in the country, even those in rebel-held areas, will be vaccinated against polio following an outbreak of the c...

The Obama administration is considering reining in many N.S.A. practices overseas, but for now, officials have concluded that there is no workable alternative to the collection of huge quantities of "metadata."     

The Fire Department official who on Sunday oversaw the rescue of Asher Vongtau, 19, said he could not recall a situation quite like it in his 33-year career.     

Parents of Northern California teenager killed by sheriff's deputy file civil rights lawsuit     

Two French journalists were killed after being abducted in Kidal, Northern Mali.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Federal investigators probing what motivated a gunman to shoot security checkpoint workers at Los Angeles International airport are looking for connections to a long-circulated conspiracy theory that ...

(Reuters) - As many as 17 million low- to moderate-income Americans should be eligible for tax credits to buy private health insurance under President Barack Obama's healthcare law in 2014, according to a report by the K...

CNN's Kristie Lu Stout talks with Google's chairman, Eric Schmidt about the NSA's tapping of Google's internal systems.

A letter purportedly by Edward Snowden says that the NSA and Britain conduct the most surveillance without oversight.

Lakhdar Brahimi's latest mission -- starting Syria peace talks -- has proved to be among the most stubborn of the many conflicts he has mediated on behalf of the United Nations.     

Illinois House lawmakers are debating a bill today to legalize gay marriage in Illinois.     

Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist announced on Monday that he's running for governor again in 2014, but this time, as a Democrat. Can a party-switching Crist actually win?     

A lurid domestic dispute was the backdrop for a case that asked whether a law enacted to implement a treaty must also be authorized by powers granted to Congress.     

The westbound lanes of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Palmer were closed this afternoon following a fiery truck crash on the road, State Police said     

The nation's leading missing children's organization has released a portrait of what Paul Fronczak, who was kidnapped from a Chicago hospital 49 years ago, might look like today.     

A culinary retreat like no other invites the world's top chefs to hunt for their own dinner.