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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...

Like thousands of other female applicants to Indonesia's National Police, 24-year-old Sari (not her real name) submitted to the mandatory "virginity test" that the authorities require women -- but not men -- to take as p...

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.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who turns 87 on Friday, has been hospitalised since October after a gall bladder surgery.

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...

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

A video of a pregnant woman delivering a scathing rebuke to a group of anti-abortion protestors outside a London abortion clinic is going viral on social media. A group of protestors from the British pro-life organiza...

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 ...

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...

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

Every Friday I'll be testing your knowledge with 12 challenging questions on the week's news events, big and small, including happenings in science, sports, politics, and culture both high and low. The questions are mult...

The police murders of Earl Murray and Ronald Beasley in nearby Berkeley are a key to understanding the unrest in and around Ferguson. This article will also show how a grand jury can be manipulated by prosecutors

Starbucks is planning a chain that will sell high-end coffee from around the world, and its branding will be steps removed from its mass-market cousin.

The Staten Island man who filmed Daniel Pantaleo's fatal chokehold on Eric Garner in July said Thursday that the Richmond County grand jury that opted not to indict the NYPD officer was rigged. Ramsey Orta said the grand...

Heavy rain sweeps through California, floods freeway; some evacuate amid mudslide concerns

Who knew an episode titled "Blood Bath" could be so dull?