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FERGUSON, Mo. -- Police have fired multiple smoke canisters into a crowd of defiant protesters in a St. Louis suburb where a black teen had been shot by a white...

Officials say blood-stained bedding was looted and fears of the Ebola virus spreading continue to rise.

Police say the guard on duty had not bothered to inspect the cell for about two months before the inmates' brazen escape.

In fresh evidence the threat of violence in Mali -- and, specifically, attacks directed at international forces -- hasn't gone away, two U.N. peacekeepers died and nine others were hurt in a suicide attack Saturday, the ...

Senate Democrats at risk of losing re-election in moderate or conservative-leaning states this fall are wary about President Obama using his executive powers to sidestep Congress and act alone on immigration reform.

Near-perfect weather and an abundance of "I voted" stickers haven't been enough to lure Los Angeles residents to the polls. Now some city officials are floating another idea: cash.

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About 200 demonstrators ignore calls to return home after Missouri governor declares state of emergency Protesters in Ferguson, the Missouri city where an unarmed 18-year-old was shot dead by a police officer, broke a cu...

Report: UN nuclear watchdog chief arrives in Iran, his second visit in less than a year

US fighter jets and drones have been involved in an offensive to claw back Iraq's largest dam from Islamic State fighters.

Erdogan's relentless campaigning was politics theatrics

Police are to question a group of people found inside a shipping container at a busy port, as they continue to investigate the death of one man.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry made a brief but to-the-point statement Saturday about his indictment on two abuse-of-power counts Friday: He lambasted it as an "outrageous," politically motivated attack on the Texas Constitution....

Rival militias trade gunfire and shells in capital Tripoli, ignoring international appeals for a ceasefire.

Daniel Pelrine, 37, died during a skydiving incident at the Skydive Pepperell Center on Nashua Road this morning, WCVB reports.

David Cameron has warned Islamic State Sunni militants, who are presently ravaging Iraq, could grow bolder and pose a direct threat to the U.K.

As Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon slams local police for releasing robbery video allegedly showing Michael Brown's involvement

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A 44-year-old bicyclist was killed overnight near Chicago Midway International Airport, according to authorities.

A new memorial has been unveiled in Belgium to commemorate the services of Welsh men and women during World War One.

To hear President Obama tell it, one might think that recent bombing raids by the US against jihadist positions between Mosul and Erbil in northern Iraq have already removed the...

Mike Bindra and Laura de Palma, who run the festival, where two attendees died in drug-related episodes last year, are in the middle of a discussion within the world of electronic dance music about how to stem the tide o...