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The mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect reacts to the U.S seeking the death penalty against her son.

It is with great sadness that we inform you that Greater the Flamingo has died at 83.     

John Kass: The official report on the killing of John Wrana, 95, by Park Forest police remains unreleased, but I have just seen a copy.     

The current round of peace talks on Syria is due to end in Switzerland later on Friday with little or no progress expected on core issues.

The parents of Amanda Knox said they were stunned and angry that an Italian court again convicted their daughter of murder and vowed to continue to fight to clear her name.     

WASHINGTON -- Top Air Force officials described a persistent culture of “undue stress and fear” that led 92 out of 550 members of the military’s nuclear missile corps to be...

A new report says a teen who died in the Asiana Airlines crash was already dead before being run over by a fire truck.

An severe weather warning is issued for southwest England as heavy rain is forecast to hit areas already flooded for weeks.

Some now see the law as outdated

Justin Welby and John Sentamu tell Nigerian and Uganda presidents that victimisation of gay people is "anathema".

US student Amanda Knox says she is "frightened and saddened" after a court in Italy reinstated her guilty verdict for the 2007 murder of Briton Meredith Kercher.

New figures show wide variations in the way police record and classify rape allegations across the 43 police forces in England and Wales.

Protesters in Ukraine continue to fortify their camp against the government and the cold. CNN's Diana Magnay reports.

Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to press French President Francois Hollande to back EU reform as he hosts a UK-France summit.

Security forces backed by helicopter arrest Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez, a leader of the Jalisco New Generation drug gang.

Just when cruise lines thought they might be headed for calmer waters ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The attorney for a 14-year-old California boy says his client has been charged with murder in his older sister's shooting death that authorities say came during a dispute over laundry.     

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- A week after emerging from an ordeal that began with her husband killing her son and himself and continued with her being placed in a psychiatric unit against her will, a Vermont woman said Friday...

Sen. Lindsey Graham probably didn't realize how right he was when he said "the world is literally about to blow up," due to Obama's Iran policy. This week, a winter storm devastated Atlanta with a whopping two inches of...

Mattel 4Q profit rises, but revenue falls as Barbie, Fisher-Price sales slip in holiday period     

China's ruling Communist Party has expelled the former mayor of Nanjing for bribery and abuse of power, describing him as "morally corrupt."

Republican leaders in the US House circulate immigration reform proposals, opening a debate within the party and with the Democratic-led Senate.