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In mid-March, a division of JPMorgan Chase rejected an application to process payments for the fledgling New York City condom company Lovability, citing "reputational risk" associated with "adult" products. Ridicule and ...

The National Security Agency and the British Government Communications Headquarters spied on private German companies, according to a report based on documents revealed by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. British spies surveil...

Research published on 24 March 2014 provides critical new insight on the harmful links between smoking tobacco and developing tuberculosis (TB). Regular tobacco smoking doubles the risk that people who have been successf...

The chief of security at 1 World Trade Center resigned on Friday after a series of recent breaches raised concerns about security at the site.     

Eleven people, including three children, killed in funeral blast as violence between Christians and Muslims continues.

Valerie Amos, the head of emergency relief, pointed to the Syrian government's denials of access and continued use of barrel bombs -- both blatant violations of international law.     

(BOSTON) -- The FBI has denied a claim made by lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NY’-ehv) that his brother and fellow suspect was asked by the FBI to be an informant. The ...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- A Palestinian official says Egypt has reopened its border with the Gaza Strip after weeks of closure.     

North warns South it is being pushed to the brink, blaming Seoul for smear campaign and seizure of North Korean boat.

Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly called President Obama to discuss a diplomatic resolution to tensions over Russia's annexation of Crimea, the White House announced on Friday.

(CAIRO) -- Egypt’s state news agency says an Alexandria court has sentenced two supporters of President Mohammed Morsi to death in connection with violence that followed the ouster of the Islamist president. The agency...

No one was injured from the massive fire, but Assistant City Manager Matt Anderson told the Des Moines Register that the former Younkers department store building, which dates to 1899, cannot be salvaged and will have to...

An ongoing investigation into an alleged conspiracy by Apple and Google to limit tech workers' wages has unearthed some candid emails between former Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. Accord...

GM extends global recall to 2.1m cars over a potentially deadly ignition fault that can cut engines at high speed.

It seems like everyone knows someone who is incredibly smart, but also smokes a lot of pot! Is there a link between someone's intelligence and their likelihood to smoke marijuana? Trace was curious and did some digging o...

The game was in doubt until Aaron Harrison took a pass from a driving Julius Randle and drained a go-ahead 3-pointer from the corner with 40 seconds remaining.     

Looking back at the stories to remember from the past week:     

(LOS ANGELES) -- A magnitude-4.1 aftershock has rattled parts of Southern California where a moderate quake occurred the day before. The U.S. Geological Survey says the aftershock struck shortly after 2:30 p.m. Saturday....

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At a meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, presidential hopefuls offered a message of alarm and dismay over the White House's approach to national security and foreign policy, and warned against isolationism within...

Looking back: Before Flight 370 became a big story, it was a collection of individual ones

An airline pilot was convicted this week of two counts of abusive sexual contact for groping a 14-year-old girl while he was a passenger on a flight from Detroit to Salt Lake City last year.