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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

Two men and three teenage boys are found guilty at the Old Bailey of multiple serious sexual offences against girls.

This is a letter to the boy I raped when we were teens. My own sons are discovering their sexuality, and I'm reminded of the challenges and confusion of that age. Also, of the mistakes. In this letter, I apologize for on...

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

South-east Australia is hit with extreme hot weather, with temperatures of over 40C in some areas, and several bushfire warnings in place.

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.     

Court's ruling against open-Internet rules won't mean major changes to access     

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 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.

PARIS (AP) -- French President Francois Hollande pledged Tuesday to slash 50 billion euros in public spending and abolish 30 billion euros worth of payroll taxes by 2017 as he tries to encourage hiring and clean up publi...

WASHINGTON

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.     

The US returns to India three ancient sculptures that that been smuggled into the US by art dealers and accomplices.