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The captain of the sunken South Korean ferry is defending his actions as rescuers continue the search for survivors.

A Pennsylvania high school student is in hot water for asking Miss America to prom during a question and answer session at school.

A robotic submarine looking for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane continued to dive Sunday after completing about half of its search on the bottom of the Indian Ocean with no luck, prompting an official to express the ...

One more Nigerian school girl who was among 129 kidnapped earlier this week by suspected Boko Haram militants returned home, an education official said -- though 84 of her fellow female students remain unaccounted for.

Israeli security forces halted Palestinian Christians -- joined by a U.N. envoy -- participating a pre-Easter procession Saturday in Jerusalem's Old City, an action the envoy sharply criticized but that an Israeli offici...

Man police say pulled beard of Sikh professor in New York attack charged with hate crime

General Motors waited years to recall nearly 335,000 Saturn Ions for power steering failures despite getting thousands of consumer complaints and more than 30,000 warranty repair claims, according to government documents...

Divers recovered more bodies after gaining access to the passenger quarters of the sunken vessel.

Catholic and Orthodox Ukrainians alike are praying this Easter for a Ukraine at peace. And peace, in their minds, starts with Ukrainian sovereignty.

Body found by highway is confirmed to be 5-year-old Massachusetts boy last seen in September

At least 25 people killed in wave of explosions across Iraq, including strikes on busy commercial districts in Baghdad.

Gunmen opened fire Saturday on a prominent Pakistani TV news anchor, an attack his brother linked to the nation's government despite its firm denial.

Like many participants in the Boston Marathon on Monday, Leanne Scorzoni will be running to honor the victims of last year’s bombing. But Scorzoni will also be running in a hijab: she converted to Islam after the attac...

The Los Angeles Angels managed to commit three errors in one play on Sunday, allowing Detroit's Ian Kinsler to score all the way from first base. Perhaps even worse, the errors happened after a walk.

Among the many wonderful things about being a (shameless) Warren Buffett devotee is that the man's wisdom provides life and money lessons in equal measure. Whether you're compounding cash or fulfillment, the results are ...

It was far from vintage Barcelona, but it was enough to keep alive the Catalan club's dwindling hopes of retaining the Spanish league title.

DENVER -- Once the province of activists and stoners, the traditional pot holiday of April 20 has gone mainstream in the first state in the nation to legalize recreational marijuana....

On April 20, 1999, two teenagers walked into a suburban high school outside of Denver and shot 13 people to death. The massacre at Columbine was not the first mass shooting in America. It was not the first mass shooting ...

When conservators at the Art Institute of Chicago wanted to solve the mystery of a missing pigment in a portrait by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, light shined the way.

Pakistan's rule of law is fading.Why? This piece addresses the issue!

The end of secular, democratic Turkey.