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Motorists watched in horror as a grisly suicide took place in the middle of a busy West Dallas intersection, on Wednesday.

In April,1988, Mark Wahlberg, 16, set upon a Vietnamese immigrant named Thanh Lam, and, with a wooden stick, beat him so severely that Lam fell to the ground, unconscious. Later that night, according to contemporaneous a...

Friendly bacteria in the human gut can trigger a natural immune response against malaria, say researchers.

Excerpted from Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America by Linda Tirado. Out now from Putnam.

1962 Nobel prize for discovery of DNA structure fetches world record $4.7M at NYC auction

CNN's Will Ripley explores Japan's growing synthetic marijuana problem.

Did New York kill black market cigarette dealer Eric Garner over lost cigarette tax revenue?

To combat an unexpected, mutated version of influenza, the CDC has warned Americans to supplement their shots with anti-viral medicine.

Newspaper says at least 15 people lost their eyesight after cataract surgery at an 'eye camp' run by an NGO.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has vowed to expedite the Justice Department's civil rights investigation into the chokehold death of Eric Garner after a grand jury failed to indict the police officer involved. Loretta...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that enhanced community policing efforts within the New York City Police Department will build the necessary relationships between community members and police to help pre...

Oil and gas accounts for a quarter of Venezuela's economy, which was already struggling when global oil prices turned south, compounding Nicolás Maduro's political woes

Account that bears the name of Ayatullah Khamenei accuses U.S. of hypocrisy

While Republicans successfully regained control of the Senate last month by picking up eight seats in the midterm elections, Louisiana's election won't be decided until this Saturday's runoff. It's becoming increasingly ...

In today's episode of Friday catblogging, Hilbert is trying to prove that he's a size 12. He was unconvincing, despite plenty of squirming to try to fit his entire body into the shoe box. The result was an interestingly ...

France and the US agree a compensation package for Holocaust victims deported by a French rail company during World War Two.

A football match between two local teams on the Greek island of Crete is brought to a halt after a stubborn billy-goat refuses to leave the pitch. The goat stands in front of the goalkeeper and is led off the pitch by a ...

Salty, sweet, and completely addictive, these candied praline pecans are the perfect way to welcome your guests this holiday season. Toast up an extra batch and package them in individual jars for a homemade gift that wi...

Thousands share puzzlement at British quirks online

There is a sense of optimism on Capitol Hill that a package of spending bills will pass.

Watch Ronnie O'Sullivan's stunning 147 break in one minute 47 seconds, as he made the maximum break to round off a 6-0 whitewash of Matthew Selt in the last 16 of the UK Championship in York.

The number of women in UK architecture firms is falling, and many urbanists are worried by the 'very, very male-dominated' worlds of planning and construction. So how would cities differ if women designed them? "I hate t...