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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has warned that the US would not be safe in the event of a conflict.

FRANKLIN, N.H. (AP) -- About 20 kayakers got an icy start to 2014 with an annual New Year's Day paddle down the Winnipesaukee River.     

Anti-terrorism squad shoot fighters dead and arrest one man in all-night standoff at a house near the capital, Jakarta.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Both Republicans and Democrats are looking for fresh ways to pitch old arguments as they head into the final midterm election year of Barack Obama's presidency. Eager to capitalize as the president's job ...

Bill de Blasio is sworn in as the new mayor of New York City, becoming the first Democrat to hold the post in more than two decades.

Russian officials believe that they know the identity of the man who blew himself up Sunday at a train station in the southern city of Volgograd, killing at least 18 people. 

The United States dismissed a report that an agreement had been reached between Iran and world powers to begin implementing a deal that requires Tehran to limit its nuclear program.

At least 25 people were killed Tuesday when a rocket struck a bus in Syria's commercial capital of Aleppo, the opposition Aleppo Media Center said.

A dramatic shootout between authorities and suspected cartel gunmen at a Mexican seaside resort this month has ties to a botched U.S. gun operation.

Woman Crushed To Death On East Boston Bridge     

Former first lady Barbara Bush has been hospitalized in Houston, Texas, for treatment of a "respiratory-related issue," a family spokesman said Tuesday.

See your favorite stars grown up.     

VOLGOGRAD, Russia

WASHINGTON -- Only hours before the law was to take effect, a Supreme Court justice on Tuesday blocked implementation of part of President Barack Obama's health care law that would have forced some religion-affiliated or...

His freedom has been a cause celebre for many Israelis and their American supporters for decades: Jonathan Pollard, the former US Navy analyst and convicted traitor. Now, as Secretary of State John F. Kerry prepares to r...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Kim Jong Un boasted Wednesday that North Korea enters the new year on a surge of strength because of the elimination of "factionalist filth" -- a reference to the young leader's once powerful u...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The state rang in the new year with a minimum wage hike, a different name for its beleaguered economic development agency and a new policy to help workers care for loved ones.     

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is urging residents to stay off the roads during the worst of the winter storm that is expected to hit the state over the next two days.     

Eleven returning Olympians are on the roster for the women's hockey team that will represent the United States at the Sochi Olympics.     

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A California hospital and family are embroiled in a harrowing legal and medical fight that has reignited the debate about when machines keeping a severely brain-damaged person alive should be turn...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Tom Brady has had to win so many games for the New England Patriots over the years with his right arm. So he's thrilled with the way his team has run the ball the past two weeks.     

DENVER -- Crowds were serenaded by live music as they waited for the nation’s first legal recreational pot shops to open. They ate doughnuts and funnel cakes as a glass-blower...