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Oklahoma inmate dies of heart attack after delivery of new execution drugs is botched

Prosecutors are looking to address public outrage and alter the belief that Wall Street institutions are "too big to jail."

“I thought it was the end of my life,” Deborah Sanya told me by phone on Monday from Chibok, a tiny town of farmers in northeastern Nigeria. “There were many, many of them.” Boko Haram, an Islamist terrorist grou...

(BAGHDAD) -- A key election for a new Iraqi parliament was underway on Wednesday amid a massive security operation as the country continued to slide deeper into sectarian violence more than two years after U.S. forces le...

(MANILA, Philippines) -- A battle between Philippine marines and Muslim militants, who launched a surprise attack to regain control of a captured jungle training encampment, has left 14 Abu Sayyaf fighters and one marine...

Tour operators say hundreds of visitors from as far afield as the U.S. and Australia are curious to see the world's biggest vote in action and have signed up for election-themed tours that include visits to rallies and m...

The judge found that the 2011 law, which required voters to produce state-approved photo identification cards at polling places, violated the 14th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act.

The Israeli prime minister has asked his cabinet to bring forward alternative approaches to the Palestinian conflict, though such steps have been vigorously opposed by Washington.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was responding to complaints lodged by the 16 women of the Congressional Black Caucus that he overturn an Army ban on large cornrows, twists and dreadlocks.

John Kerry wasn't the first to use the A-word -- apartheid -- when talking about Israel, and he likely won't be the last.

Politicians, actors, musicians, business leaders and others gather in New York to celebrate the TIME 100

11 people hurt, 2 critically, in possible lint explosion at Southern California shop

President rejects claims he is sacrificing Iran's national pride in nuclear talks with world powers including the US.

Student engineers running on fumes.

Footage of the school in the city of Aleppo showed pools of blood and children's drawings, after a blast Wednesday that was said to kill at least 18 people, including 10 students.

Given a presentation of moderately interesting content, your audiences' attention will "plummet to near zero" after 9 minutes and 59 seconds, according biologist John Medina at the University of Washington School of Medi...

Could drought bring water and power rationing during Brazil World Cup? Shasta Darlington reports.

Divers find remains of plane's fuselage that crashed in San Francisco Bay

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Vice President Joe Biden spoke passionately on Tuesday about the Obama administration's latest efforts to spotlight and combat the sexual assault epidemic plaguing college campuses across the country. In his hometown of ...

Amnesty International urges Islamabad to investigate military and spy agency for violating human rights of journalists.

With a sparsely-worded amendment filed late Tuesday, the spring legislative session in Tallahassee has finally reached peak Florida-ness: In title, delete lines 2 - 3 and insert: