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Jeffrey Ferguson's death marks state's 5th execution in 5 months.

Li Wufeng, a high-level minister in China, reportedly fell from the sixth floor of his office building and was killed by the fall, Caixin, a local news site, first reported Wednesday before taking the story down from its...

The network said they were reporting on recent security breaches at the site

Yolanda Cerrillo, granted immunity by prosecutors, tearfully told jurors that she helped Michel Escoto in scheme to get $1 million in life insurance.

Deliberations by jury in al-Qaida spokesman's trial set to resume for a second day

A desperate Oscar Pistorius will take the stand when his defense lawyers present their case in his premeditated murder trial in the fatal shooting of his pretty blond girlfriend, Reeva...

Three agents of the U.S. Secret Service, who were present in the Netherlands ahead of President Barack Obama's arrival there, were sent home from Amsterdam for disciplinary issues, Ed Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman ...

How Washington state, victims are getting help after deadly mudslide

President Maduro says three generals with opposition ties attempted to get Air Force to rise up against his government.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United Nations is marking a day of solidarity with the dozens of staffers around the world who remain in detention or in the hands of their abductors.     

Today, the Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund announced 10 photographers who have been awarded grants to focus on budding crises and underreported issues around the globe, from gang violence in Venezuela to the legacy of s...

A New Jersey saleswoman slapped her boss with a federal lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting her in his chauffeured car and threatening her job if she reported him, according...

Katheryn Deprill had asked for help finding her mother in a Facebook post three weeks ago.

City Of Boston Trying To Collect 27-Year-Old Excise Tax Bill     

Days after a top NATO commander warned of Russia's military buildup on Ukraine's eastern border, Russian troops staged military exercises in Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria, which borders Ukraine on the southw...

In a stunning ruling that could revolutionize college sports, a federal agency said Wednesday that football players at Northwestern University can create the nation's first union of college athletes.

Find this week's top photos from around the globe in ABC News' This Week in Pictures slideshow

Poll: Ukraine crisis sinks Obama's already-low approval rating, but sanctions draw support

New York City lawmakers propose 10-cent fee for plastic and paper bags at groceries, elsewhere

When you think of a celestial ring system, the beautiful ringed planet Saturn will likely jump to mind. But for the first time astronomers have discovered that ring systems aren't exclusive to planetary bodies -- asteroi...

Beginning this Friday, March 28, the MBTA will extend its weekend service hours on Friday and Saturday nights.     

Mitch McConnell's latest campaign faux pas — mistaking the universally reviled Duke Blue Devils for the University of Kentucky Wildcats — made the front page of one of Kentucky's biggest papers Wednesday morning.  �...