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Human rights groups say David Cameron must raise claims of ongoing human rights abuses at a Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka.

Two Secret Service agents have been removed from President Obama's detail and are under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct, according to a Washington Post report. 

Rep. Mike Rogers, Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), is a busy man. Since June, he (and HPSCI) have been all over the media with press statements, TV appearances, and tweets, relentles...

TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) -- The United Nations World Food Programme says 49,000 people in and around the typhoon-battered city of Tacloban have received rice and canned food.     

Family members of infamous US mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger label him a "domestic terrorist" and "Satan" at a packed sentencing hearing.

The Warhol, "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)," is one of only four double-paneled car crash paintings that Warhol created in 1963 and the last of its size left in private hands.     

A contract between JPMorgan Chase and a consulting firm run by the daughter of the former prime minister points to the bank's strategy to build its influence in China.     

An outage on the Ventra Card system that shut down some Ventra readers at 60 of the CTA's 145 "L" stations this afternoon and evening resulted in 15,000 free rides.     

Federal probe questions value of TSA behavior profiling efforts at airports     

FREMONT, Calif. (AP) -- Three Tesla Motors employees were injured Wednesday after an aluminum casting press failed at its San Francisco Bay Area factory, officials said.     

The US does not have a veto over whether to release exchanges between its president and the UK's prime minister in the run-up to the Iraq war, the Cabinet Office says.

7 inmates escape from same Mexican border prison where 6 inmates recently killed     

Abdullah Ocalan for Kurdish people's revolution is equivalent to Nelson Mandela for South African's revolution; the peace in Turkey is impossible without the freedom of Abdullah Ocalan.

A US aircraft carrier and its escort ships are due to arrive off the Philippines to help communities devastated by Typhoon Haiyan.

DALLAS -- Former NFL wide receiver Sam Hurd was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for his role in starting a drug-distribution scheme while playing for the Chicago Bears,...

The Marines were killed at Camp Pendleton, outside San Diego, while they were clearing unexploded ordnance, military officials said.     

Coast guard responds after woman goes overboard on cruise near Hawaii     

Ohio's governor delays the execution of a child killer with hours to spare to assess his request to donate organs to relatives.

Social media posts Wednesday landed a Philadelphia teenager in jail after prosecutors accused him of using Twitter to reveal the names of witnesses in court cases.

The list of most wanted Brits on the run includes the leader of a gang who smuggled cocaine in a shipment of beef.

Earth Photobombs Saturn in Gorgeous NASA Photo

All-plastic guns: Newest addition to weaponry comes as firearms control law is set to expire