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Striving for unity, US faces reluctant partner in Europe in financial penalties against Russia

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A Phoenix woman accused of throwing a shoe some 60 feet toward Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared aware during questioning by U.S. Secret Service agents of the allegation against her, authorities said Frid...

Beijing court confirms four-year prison term for Xu Zhiyong, convicted for support of anti-corruption protests.

BEIJING (AP) -- A Cathay Pacific flight from New York to Hong Kong was stranded for more than 16 hours in a Chinese city late last month because of bad weather and limits on the crew's work hours.

The Syrian government and rebel forces are exchanging blame after a poison gas attack reportedly injured hundreds in the village of Kafr Zeita.

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) -- Thousands of supporters of Burkina Faso's longtime president are calling for a constitutional amendment so the leader of the West African nation can seek another term.

Parents of children who were homicide victims gathered Saturday at a South Side church to meet with Chicago police and county prosecutors to answer some of their questions about the unsolved investigations into their chi...

France's foreign minister arrived in Cuba on Saturday (April 12) for a brief but historic visit, the first by such a high-ranking French official in 31 years and a sign of the quickening pace of improving ties between th...

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond addresses his party conference with a message a vote for independence is not a vote for the SNP.

As rebel forces sneak along a destroyed city street, a familiar sound echoes in the distance. With rubble at their feet and ammo dangling from their necks, they're moving into position. New amateur video appears to show ...

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (AP) -- A tsunami warning has been issued for some Pacific islands following a powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake near the Solomon Islands.

By Daniel Lovering MANCHESTER, N.H., April 12

The co-pilot of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 called someone the morning it went missing, when it was flying at low altitude near Penang, the New Straits Times reported on Saturday. The latest finding is the result...

BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) -- The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "MassCash" game were:

Strong support within the G7 on increasing sanctions against Russia if it escalates crisis in Ukraine, official says.

DURHAM, NC -- A drug trafficker who worked for Al Sharpton's nonprofit in the 1980s said that despite the preacher's denials, he was eager to get a slice of the...

Federal land managers confirmed they released all 400 or so head of cattle rounded up on public land in southern Nevada from a rancher who has refused to recognize their authority. The Bureau of Land Management took the ...

Amir Hekmati, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen born in Arizona, was arrested in August 2011, then tried, convicted and sentenced to death for spying. An Iranian appeals court instead sentenced him to 10 years in prison, his a...

The White House released both the Obama and Biden tax returns yesterday. The president and first lady's 2013 tax return reported a total income of $481,098. That's about $130,000 less than last year. The first family pai...

BOSTON (AP) -- Members of a marine entanglement emergency team have released a minke whale that had become entangled in fishing gear about ten miles outside Boston Harbor.

The Manhattan district attorney's office has subpoenaed documents concerning a range of the troubled agency's major construction projects, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

(Reuters) - A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands on Sunday morning with enough force to generate a tsunami warning for the immediate surrounding area, according to U.S. government agencies.