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Iran has executed 26-year-old Reyhaneh Jabbari, who had killed a man who tried to rape her, despite repeated calls by rights activists for her release. An Iranian henchman hanged Jabbari at dawn, ending her seven-year ja...

Christie wants to elect governors who will stop all this talk about raising the minimum wage. Yes, Christie wants to elect governors who will "start offending people"--like school teachers and their unions. Among the rea...

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A health care worker who recently returned from West Africa is being tested at a New York City hospital for possible Ebola, officials said.

A two year-old girl, who tested positive for the Ebola virus in Mali, died Friday amid suspicion from the World Health Organization, or WHO, that she might have come in contact with several more people in the country. Sh...

A female health worker who has been placed in Ebola quarantine in New Jersey developed a fever within hours of her isolation. The woman, who has not been named, worked with Doctors Without Borders, and had been in contac...

A three-month state of emergency has been declared in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula following the deaths of at least 30 soldiers in two separate attacks on Friday, according to media reports. The emergency measures will report...

Party of outgoing President Mujica leading in polls but no party expected to secure enough votes to win in first round.

Students will conduct a poll asking protesters what they think of a government proposal aimed at ending demonstrations.

Ebola-stricken doctor seen as globe-trotting do-gooder driven to join global health fight

Another round of nuclear talks ended late Thursday in Vienna. Nothing good, bad or even surprising has publicly emerged from the two-day talks between Iran and the P5+1 countries.

MARYSVILLE, Wash. -- A student opened fire in the cafeteria of a high school here Friday, killing one girl and critically injuring four other students before killing himself, according to police officials.

Bystanders on Huntington Avenue Friday night bore witness to Northeastern University students bearing (almost) all for a timeless Husky tradition.

Tunisians express doubts over politics as they prepare to elect historic new parliament

President Dilma Rousseff and challenger Aecio Neves in heated final debate before voters head to polls on Sunday.

Government forces fought for the third straight day to fend off a heavy assault by Islamic State militants on a strategically placed town in Anbar Province.

Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, the top American military leader in South Korea, says he believes the North is capable of making a nuclear weapon small enough to fit atop a ballistic missile.

After ceding power to a caretaker government in January, Ennahda enters Sunday's national legislative elections as a front-runner.

Oklahoma appeals court pushes dates for 3 executions to 2015 after state requests more time

Players with concussions, blown-out knees, broken bones and other injuries litter the landscape in the N.F.L., with some unable to return for the rest of the season while others are barred from practice.

As insurers and providers fight over revenue in an era of cost control, patients often find themselves nickel-and-dimed between them.

Today's announcement that Chicago police will start screening bags at CTA stations for explosives is one of those instances where the people in charge of our safety are trying to make us feel safer while actually achievi...