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Governor is poised to decide the fate of the U.S. air base

Lack of emergency exits led to 112 deaths last year

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israel launched a series of airstrikes Tuesday on targets in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the deadly shooting of an Israeli civilian, killing at least two people, including a young girl...

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Sometimes stars want to cringe with embarrassment. Other times, they just want attention.

Iceland's handhall hero Olafur "The Falcon" Stefansson reveals how he keeps a "sense of the game."

The mother of a 3-year-old thrown to his death from a 52-story New York City apartment building says the father killed the child out of spite.

Pope Francis paid a holiday visit to his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Monday -- after slamming Christmas commercialism. "It's a pleasure to see you looking so well," Francis, 77,...

New details emerge of alleged mass ethnic killings committed during more than a week of violence in South Sudan, as the UN chief calls for more troops to be sent.

China's plan to relax its controversial decades-long, one-child policy has taken a significant step forward, with the country's top legislative body poised to approve its implementation early next year.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden said his "mission's already accomplished" after leaking NSA secrets that have caused a reassessment of U.S. surveillance policies     

Egypt's cabinet to decide on group's status, as more than 450 jailed Brotherhood members reportedly go on hunger strike.

UN peacekeeper from Republic of Congo killed in Central African Republic     

At least 14 people have been killed in an explosion at a police building in the Egyptian city of Mansoura, according to officials.

A former vice president of product development at Tiffany & Co. was sentenced Monday in U.S. Federal Court in Manhattan to one year and one day in prison for stealing jewelry valued at more than $2 million from the luxur...

New information on the death (assassination?) of Mike Connell, architect of the stolen Presidential Election of 2004.

In a hauntingly beautiful collection of photos, Ben and Olivia Nunery mirror wedding-day shots.

His weapon is known worldwide

Target Corp's general counsel, Timothy Baer, spoke with top state prosecutors on Monday to address their concerns about a massive data breach, as consumer lawsuits piled up against the retailer and two U.S. senators call...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- Homicides in El Salvador decreased again this year, but not as deeply as they did in 2012 after warring street gangs signed a truce.     

Two religious leaders have joined forces to try to head off brewing sectarian tensions in Central African Republic, where a brutal conflict between Christians and Muslims has killed hundreds this month alone.     

CNN's Gary Tuchman reports anybody can pull off a data heist similar to the one thieves pulled on Target.