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The Cubs are standing firm behind "Clark," one day after an avalanche of criticism appeared in social media circles shortly after their first mascot in modern history was unveiled.     

Australian man jumps in water with 8-foot tiger shark with only a birdcage for protection

Report: NSA maps pathway into foreign computers using radio waves and covert chips     

UN surveillance drone crashes at eastern Congo airport 1 month after program's launch     

Student, 12, used a shotgun to shoot and critically injure two students in Roswell, New Mexico.     

Roxana Baldetti, the first female vice president of Guatemala, was hit in the face by flour today.     

NOGALES, Ariz. -- As border security has tightened, drug cartels have turned to tunneling beneath the ground to avoid detection. Nearly 170 tunnels have been found nationwide since 1990, most...

An aspiring dancer with a small Chicago troupe died after a steel acrobatics ring fell on him during a rehearsal break at a Northwest Side studio, officials said.     

NEW YORK (AP) -- A New Jersey doctor says he revealed secrets about an Alzheimer's drug trial to a money manager for a large hedge fund despite his pledge to keep the information confidential.     

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that an Oklahoma law limiting marriage to heterosexual couples violates the U.S. Constitution, giving yet another victory to same-sex marriage supporters.

The former Iraqi PM says sectarianism is pushing his country towards civil war.

The Indian diplomat booted from the United States after being enmeshed in the Nannygate scandal filed legal papers on Tuesday seeking to dismiss the criminal charges against her, so she...

Oklahoma's gay marriage ban violates the U.S. Constitution, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

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JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli newspaper quoted the defense minister Tuesday as deriding U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's Mideast peace efforts as naive and foolhardy, triggering an angry response from Washington and r...

Patrick Karegeya was found dead in a room at the Michelangelo Towers on New Year's Day.

Here's a look at what you need to know about POW/MIA's in Iraq and Afghanistan from 1991 to the present.

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) -- Westerly police are trying to determine why a van crashed through a wall of a local Wal-Mart store.     

Tunisia and Egypt, the neighbors whose twin revolts ignited the Arab spring, are a dual lesson in the pitfalls and potentials for democracy across the region.     

NY defense lawyer for Indian diplomat asks federal judge to dismiss charges, arrest warrants     

Lions hire Ravens off. coordinator Jim Caldwell as coach     

San Francisco city attorney, New York attorney general team up to investigate Monster company