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A man wearing a werewolf mask shot a worker at a check-cashing business in Southern California and fled, sparking a massive hunt, authorities said.

If acquitted, deposed president will not be released as he is serving three-year sentence in separate corruption case.

British researchers develop 15-minute test for virus, as French leader visits former colony at centre of outbreak.

Despite scientific warnings, rare optimism going into next round of UN climate talks in Lima

KANO, Nigeria

Activists are divided by aim and by geography, with goals of justice for Michael Brown or an end to lethal police force against minorities.

Racially motivated attacks have increased at a time when open borders in the European Union have led waves of illegal and legal migrants to Britain and Ireland.

Since 2009, West Africa, chiefly Nigeria, has been terrorized by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The extremist movement recently pledged allegiance to the brutal Islamic State group that has seized large areas in...

Protesters angered by the Ferguson grand jury decision continued demonstrations on Black Friday at stores across the U.S., including in front of Macy's flagship at Herald Square in New York City. The protests were part o...

A federal judge in Connecticut has rejected the arguments of a home invasion killer on death row who complained that the food he is being served in prison is not kosher.

Republican Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a politically charged bill that would have banned the use of certain pig cages in his state.

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 – U.S. President Barack Obama and his teenage daughters, Sasha and Malia, went to an independent book store in Washington to buy books as a way to promote Small Business...

Killing of young iguana hunter underscores lack of accountability for private security forces

Her pot-bellied pet will be welcome on this airplane -- when pigs fly! A woman was booted from a US Airways flight in Connecticut because her pet pig was pacing...

In the predawn hours of Thanksgiving Day, a group of men was carrying three tons of marijuana off a boat along the Central California coast.

Foreign Minister says US-led coalition's air strikes having little impact, as Damascus urges Turkey to do more.

There's a mouse in the house -- along with a long-lost 20th-century masterpiece. An art historian was watching the movie "Stuart Little" with his daughter -- and spotted in the...

Chicago fire officials say one person has died and another has been injured after a shooting in Chicago's River North neighborhood.

FERGUSON, Mo.

Family of a woman shot by her ex-boyfriend while working at a Nordstrom store off North Michigan Avenue say she was shot on her 22nd birthday, before she could come home to a surprise birthday dinner after her Black Frid...

If you're not quite ready to "let it go," you won't have to.

JONESBORO, Ga.