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The U.S. and several Arab allies took the battle against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) inside Syria on Monday night, and Syria and the U.S. are offering different stories on one of the big questions about the bo...

The filmmaker of a new documentary about a Vietnam War reenactment said he was shocked to learn that one of his actors was Eric Frein, the subject of a massive Pennsylvania manhunt, and said he had sensed that some reena...

From Emma Watson to Beyonce to Amy Poehler, here's where 18 celebrities stand on the feminist spectrum

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon used to feel like a one-man band, he says, beating the drums about the threat of global climate change while government leaders declined to take action. Now, the United Nations' top dip...

Protestors took over the Financial District on Monday

In the six weeks since his friend was slain while vacationing with her teenage daughter on the island of Bali, Elliott Jacobson has reread the Chicago woman's emails and replayed her recorded voice messages.

The Islamic State group released the second part of their propaganda series, which appears to be narrated by kidnapped British journalist John Cantlie, just as the first U.S. bombs began to fall on the militants' strongh...

Afghan president-elect uses western ties, lobbyists to curry favor in Washington

And China's leaders have, in turn, become increasingly wary

The Justice Department closed a series of town hall meetings in Ferguson, Missouri, to the media, saying the presence of reporters would be disruptive, a spokesman for the city said Monday. A five-week series of meetings...

Turkish president indicates his country traded Islamic State prisoners for Turkish hostages

Federal health officials said the shorter application on HealthCare.gov has fewer pages and questions, fewer screens to navigate, and allows people to sign up with fewer clicks of a computer mouse.

At 33, Muhsin al Fadhli is already a veteran. A short and slight figure, he's traveled widely, been sentenced to prison in absentia and raised six-figure sums for his cause.

Closely watched lava approaching rural Hawaii communities stalls, residents still nervous

SEC giving $30 million to whistleblower in its biggest such award yet; 14th under program

U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to continue the fight against Islamic State fighters, following the first U.S.-led airstrikes targeting the militant group in Syria, and pledged to build even more internation...

Pentagon: US, partners expand airstrikes into Syria against Islamic State group targets

How the US has justified overseas military action

UN health agency says Ebola outbreak "pretty much contained" in Senegal and Nigeria.

President Obama's claim last spring that 8 million people had enrolled in ObamaCare recently got a significant downgrade from the head of the agency overseeing the plan.

As the Dodgers edge toward the playoffs, grousing among outfielders Andre Ethier, Carl Crawford, Matt Kemp, Scott Van Slyke, Yasiel Puig and Joc Pederson has subsided.

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