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(Reuters) - At Fort Campbell in Kentucky, spouses of U.S. soldiers headed to Liberia seem to be lingering just a bit longer than usual after pre-deployment briefings, hungry for information about Ebola.

Jorge Galleguillos, a veteran miner at the San José Mine in Chile's Atacama Desert, was working 2,000 feet below the earth's surface when he saw what he thought was a...

In Hong Kong, political protests expose questions over economic divide and the city's identity

HONG KONG -- Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong's embattled Chief Executive said that there is "zero chance" that the demands of pro-democracy protesters being met, in a TV interview broadcast locally Sunday morning.

Kurdish militiamen are putting up a fierce fight to defend a Syrian town near the border with Turkey but are struggling to repel the Islamic State group, which is advancing...

A Northern California man was arrested Saturday on charges of starting a wildfire that devastated the lumber town of Weed last month, authorities said.

When a patient exhibiting symptoms consistent with Ebola infection on United Airlines Flight 998 landed at Newark Airport last Saturday, the flight crew took immediate action to contain the possibility...

Amtrak train hits 3 people on California coast; 1 killed, 2 injured

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Hundreds of thousands flee eastern India as Cyclone Hudhud closes in; typhoon pounds Japan

Police shooting protests continue in St. Louis as demonstrators prepare for widespread arrests

A 10-month-old Louisiana baby survived for three days trapped under the decomposing body of her dead father after he suffered cardiac arrest, authorities said on Saturday.

Four days of events planned in St Louis over August 9 shooting of black teenager by white police officer in Ferguson.

Around 5,000 brown recluse spiders forced a family to move from their home worth nearly $500,000.

Two U.S. Airways flights experienced difficulties before landing Saturday night at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, airline spokesman Matt Miller said.

Emergency crews are responding to a serious accident at the Pumpkin Land theme park in Mechanic Falls, Maine Saturday night.

Several dozen community members spent National Coming Out Day in Boystown honoring LGBT's "guardian angels" during a public dedication Saturday afternoon.

First Lady Michelle Obama endured ridicule Saturday as footage circulated of her telling a crowd at a campaign rally, "I'm losing it. I'm getting old," after mispronouncing Iowa Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bob Brale...

A 15-month-old girl was killed on Saturday by a stray bullet that pierced a wall in her family's apartment in northern New Jersey, the authorities said.

Actress Amanda Bynes was reportedly placed in treatment in the Los Angeles area on Friday afternoon, possibly on a 72-hour psychiatric hold. Earlier in the day, the former child star had publicly accused her father of ab...

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US Airways: 2 safe emergency landings at NC airport Saturday night, none hurt on either plane