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Health officials are warning consumers to avoid prepackaged caramel apples because they are linked to four deaths and more than two dozen illnesses in 10 states.

Juvenile court judges are given wide discretion to decide what is in a young offender's best interest. Many, like Judge Herman C. Dawson, turn to incarceration.

The Supreme Court will not block gay marriages in Florida while the state's attorney general appeals a federal judge's ruling that a ban on marriages was unconstitutional, according to the Associated Press. Couples could...

Dozens of protesters were arrested on Friday in Milwaukee when they blocked rush-hour traffic on a major highway to protest the killing of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer this year.

Scores of anti-police protesters crashed the "Thank You NYPD" rally Friday night in New York City. The event was initially organized to show support for the New York City Police Department, following mass protests agains...

SINJAR MOUNTAIN, Iraq

Already missing The Colbert Report? Comedy Central has you covered with a 14-minute (yes, 14 minutes!) video highlighting all the times our favorite "news" host broke character. Stephen Colbert's giggles are a giddy remi...

Pakistan officials: US drone strike in northwestern tribal area kills 5 militants

A FBI sting operation has led to the recovery of stolen artwork worth about $12m (£7.7m) including paintings by Marc Chagall and Diego Rivera.

The Yankees may have been unwilling to eat the entire $61 million of the rest of A-Rod's massive contract but it certainly appears they're doing everything they can to prepare for his departure.

North Korea managed to offer a compromise and a threat to the U.S. in one statement on Saturday, batting away the FBI's accusation that the isolated country is behind the cyberattacks on Sony Pictures. "We propose to con...

(Reuters) - India is offering to set up an insurance pool to indemnify global nuclear suppliers against liability in the case of a nuclear accident, in a bid to unblock billions of dollars in trade held up by concerns ov...

Attempted murder suspect Jordan Francois, 18, is arrested in north London hours after he was mistakenly released from prison.

One of the biggest art heists in Los Angeles history began when a housekeeper left the home of an elderly bedridden couple.

Pakistani security forces said they killed several Taliban insurgents in and around Peshawar on Saturday, four days after Taliban gunmen massacred scores of children.

Clinic ordered to compensate man who sued it for administering electric shocks intended to make him heterosexual.

Politician claims he was offered at least $2.5m to vote in favour of government's presidential candidate.

Things to know about the flurry of news around Major League Baseball on Friday

A panel investigating the agency's search of a computer network used by staff members of the Senate Intelligence Committee who were looking into the C.I.A.'s use of torture will recommend against punishing anyone, offici...

Federal court finds protesters in contempt for ignoring order to halt anti-whaling campaign

Sony Pictures says it is looking at alternative ways to release film satire The Interview, cancelled in the wake of a cyber-attack.

President Barack Obama vowed on Friday to respond to a devastating cyber attack on Sony Pictures that he blamed on North Korea, and scolded the Hollywood studio for caving in to what he described as a foreign dictator im...