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The pregnant Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith has been spending her days shackled in prison.

UN: 21 million forced into labor globally, generate $150 billion in illegal profits for others

By 2030, pancreatic cancer will be the second most fatal cancer in the U.S., coming in behind lung cancer, according to a new paper published in the journal Cancer Research. While more people will be diagnosed with prost...

A former Navy sailor pleaded guilty today to charges related to leading a hacking ring while serving aboard an American aircraft carrier.

Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man and other "superheroes" honor boy.

Legislative panel set to hear from former aide to Christie in bridge traffic jam investigation

Malaysia to release satellite data on missing jet amid pressure from passengers' families

Armed troops and military vehicles have been deployed in central Bangkok after the army declared martial law in Thailand.

California’s drought will cause thousands of workers to lose their jobs and cost farmers in the state’s Central Valley breadbasket $1.7 billion, researchers said in the first economic study of...

Update 8:05 p.m. EDT: Despite the Thai army's declaration of martial law, the caretaker government is still in office, an army spokesman told Reuters.

Russell Bucklew's lethal injection, scheduled for 12:01 Wednesday morning, will be the first since the April 29 botched execution of Clayton Lockett

SAO PAULO - On the surface, last week's anti-World Cup protest in Brazil seemed antithetical: Soccer fans in a soccer-obsessed country protesting soccer, of all things.

Meteorologists predict that we may see an El Nino in 2014, which means that it might be a good time to brush up on what the heck this supposedly terrifying weather phenomenon actually is. Here's what you need to know. 

The death penalty illustrates our tendency to separate people into two groups: monsters who commit heinous crimes and everyone else.

National Library of Wales workers have threatened to pass a motion of no confidence in the institution's management.

Our enforcer in Ukraine becomes an embarrassment to Ukraine's Jews.

A man who spent 17 years behind bars wrongfully convicted of attempted rape receives an apology from a body set up to examine miscarriages of justice.

More than 113,000 people sign an online petition as calls continue for the US Coastguard to restart the search for four British yachtsmen.

A federal court hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday morning in which the conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza is expected to plead guilty to a charge stemming from campaign finance violations, according to...

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Former and current workers at Dade Correctional Institution allege that guards made “sport’’ out of brutalizing mentally-ill inmates.

A newly disclosed CIA policy mandates that it won't use vaccination programs as part of its operations, according to the Obama administration.