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Fifty years after President John F. Kennedy was shot dead, his memory still evokes a sense of loss. But what were the qualities that he brought to the presidency of the United States?

Does it matter whether revered bones are St Peter's? The faithful say not.

Oriana Ferrell, the woman who fled from New Mexico police during a traffic stop and led them on a high speed chase that led to police firing shots at her minivan full of children, said she did it to protect her children....

Firefighters among 12 people killed in Baltic nation's capital Riga when Maxima store's ceiling falls on shoppers.

Every 30 minutes, Tokyo's Earthquake Simulator Center prepares people for the worst.

Taiwan's president says island will not rush on political talks with China     

China's top court has banned the use of torture to extract confessions, the latest in a series of reforms to its criminal justice system.

The "nuclear option" would be the changing of Senate rules to enable judicial and executive nominees to be confirmed with just 51 votes instead of 60.

Calling their acts ‘unconscionable,’ a judge set $100,000 bail for two teens accused of orchestrating the gang rape of a friend in Hollywood.

Ulbricht's lawyer says he suspects government may have gathered evidence in the case using NSA surveillance programme.

A Massachusetts grand jury Thursday indicted 14-year-old Philip Chism on charges of murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery in connection with last month's slaying of his algebra teacher, according to the Essex distric...

It is possible that he won't be home in time for Thanksgiving

After 2 years, payments slow to come from 9/11 health fund; many waited to apply     

ESSEX, Vt. (AP) -- Residents in Essex, Vt., have broken ground on a new police department office.     

Drugs, sex and bad banking: Downfall of minister-turned-bank boss grips Britain     

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) -- Joseph Naso, the 79-year-old former photographer convicted of the decades-old killings of four women in Northern California, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday.     

U.S. leaders are investigating why an 85-year-old Korean War veteran is being held captive in North Korea.

Three San Jose State University students were charged with hate crimes for bullying their black roommate with Nazi symbols, racial slurs, Confederate flags and a bicycle lock, which they stuck around his neck. They said ...

Sekulow said on "The Kelly File" the Senate decision to approve a rule change that strips the minority party of its primary power to block nominations could be a slippery slope.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio woman accused of using ice cream to lure a mentally disabled woman and her child to captivity has pleaded guilty in a forced-labor case.     

John F. Kennedy, murdered on this date fifty years ago, was more than a handsome young prince of some mythic Camelot who served 1,000 days. He was our greatest president.He gave us the moon. He saved us from nuclear doom...

In blocking three nominees to an appeals court, Republicans said the court had an insufficient workload, though experts said the real issue was the ideological balance of the court.