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A Justice woman convicted of scamming $95,000 from an 80-year-old man by claiming to have cancer has been sentenced to five years in prison, according to prosecutors and court records.

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The operator says it allows supervised children age eight and up to handle weapons.

New line of greeting cards invites affairs

Sometimes sharing is not caring: a jail inmate is now dead after ingesting a piece of liquid methadone-soaked underwear given to him by his cell mate. Kentucky State Police say that 55-year-old Michael Jones left a Jessa...

American writer and journalist Peter Theo Curtis, who was held captive for nearly two years by the al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria, returned to the United States Tuesday, two days after his captors released him,...

An American jihadist allegedly linked to ISIS was killed over the weekend during heavy fighting in Aleppo, Syria, the White House announced Tuesday. Douglas McAuthur McCain, of San Diego, California, was reportedly kille...

Frida Ghitis says media reports from critics and foes are gleefully portraying Ferguson as the breakdown of a corrupt U.S., leaving out context or depth.

Wesley Clark says the U.S. can offer support to its Islamic friends in the region most threatened by ISIS, but it can't fight their war

President Obama is nearing a decision to authorize airstrikes and airdrops around Amerli, an Iraqi town that has been under siege by militants for more than two months.

Autopsy reports say that Brown was shot at least six times, but up to 11 shots are heard on the recording

A Coast Guard fired a single shot at an Iranian boat in the Persian Gulf. Somehow, were not at war with Iran.

The health workers were treated with the experimental Ebola drug.

Al Bab, a city just north of Aleppo and a short drive from the Turkish border, used to be a home base for opposition rebels fighting with the Free Syrian Army. Now, the town is a hotbed for Sunni militants fighting for t...

They call it "Sparky."

A Brazilian collector has amassed the world's largest collection of vinyl records. CNN's Shasta Darlington reports.

When I was an undergrad in the '90s, there was little more exciting than the first day of class. What will my professor be like? What books will I be reading? How many papers will I have to write? Answers came readily, i...

Palestinian Hamas militants hold their weapons as they celebrate what they said was a victory over Israel, following a cease-fire in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. Reuters/Mohammed Salem

President Petro Poroshenko says he has support for peace plan from all leaders who attended a summit meeting in Minsk.

Russia has seen its economy boom with the price of oil. But if the cost of crude falls, Moscow could struggle to make ends meet

It took more than 500 firefighters most of Monday afternoon (August 25) before authorities in central Portugal were able to declare the Pampilhosa da Serra forest fire under control. Several aircraft and helicopters join...

Scenes of destruction... after a car bomb explodes in a mainly Shi'ite district of Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and injuring 28. The bombing followed a series of blasts in the capital, Monday. Islamic State has cl...