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Shannon Turley, Stanford's director of football sports performance, stresses function, balance and flexibility, and his program has helped prevent injuries.     

President Yoweri Museveni says East African nations have agreed to go after Riek Machar if he rejects ceasefire offer.

Some main roads to the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, are blocked as residents protest against power cuts blamed on the current heatwave.

With the Sochi Winter Olympics less than six weeks away, the two deadly explosions in the Russian of city of Volgograd have caused widespread concern for the upcoming games.     

Do we care what Al Qaeda is? And do we care who gets guns from the American government? One can’t avoid those questions when reading the responses to David Kirkpatrick’s excellent piece in the Times on the attack on ...

Passengers on board a research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice for a week are expected to be rescued by helicopter, after three icebreakers failed to reach the paralyzed vessel, officials said Tuesday.

Worker Killed At Logan Airport     

KARO, Indonesia (AP) -- A rumbling volcano in western Indonesia that has been spewing lava and clouds of gas high into the sky let out a new, powerful burst Tuesday, prompting warnings for airplanes and triggering panic ...

By most measures, Raymond W. Kelly's 14 years as New York City's police chief were a success, including a steep drop in homicides, even if his flaws complicate his legacy.     

BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese doctor has admitted in court that she persuaded parents to give up their newborn babies so that she could sell them to human traffickers.     

Israel released 26 Palestinian prisoners Monday in a gesture of goodwill between the two sides, days before a visit to the region by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Michael Bloomberg signed a bill Monday to ban electronic cigarettes -- one of 22 bills he signed at City Hall that are the last he will sign as mayor of New York City, according to Evelyn Erskine, his deputy press secret...

Armed forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo beat back dozens of gunmen who stormed three key locations in the capital Monday.

2 suicide bombings kill 31 people in southern Russia, raise concern on Sochi Olympics     

A Royal Navy helicopter winches seven people, including four children, to safety after a farm suffered heavy flooding in Scotland.

The star is forced to explain her decision to use a clip from the Challenger Space Shuttle tragedy in her latest track.

Woman meets the soldier who saved her 70 years later

For the first time ever, Janice Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele's name fits on Hawaii's ID cards.     

A man was found dead tonight on a tarmac at Logan International Airport, State Police said.     

The family of a teenager who was declared brain dead after tonsil surgery said today they plan to sue to keep her on life support as a court order to keep the girl hooked up to a ventilator is set to expire.     

Hikers Survive Avalanche On Mount Washington     

The family of al Qaeda hostage Warren Weinstein said it was "heartbreaking" to watch the 72-year-old in a new video in which Weinstein says he feels abandoned and pleads President Obama to free him.