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The US opposes Israel's freeze on the transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority over its bid to join the International Criminal Court.

If you're inclined to park illegally, or jump a red light, or exceed the speed limit, has there ever been a better time to be in New York?

(NEW YORK) — Police say a 30-year-old man who was arguing with his hedge fund manager father fatally shot his father in his New York City apartment. Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce says Thomas Gilbert Jr. was arrested...

CIA Inspector General David Buckley will leave his post at the end of January, the agency said Monday. Last July Buckley revealed five CIA employees improperly accessed a hard drive the Senate Intelligence Committee inve...

Testimony postponed at Jodi Arias sentencing retrial so lawyers can interview witness

The United States and North Korea were at the brink of war in 1994 when the U.S. military drew up plans to prevent North Korea from acquiring raw materials for nuclear weapons. Since then, the two countries have gone thr...

Maria de los Angeles Pineda, wife of a former mayor in Mexico, where 43 students went missing, was charged with organized crime and money laundering, prosecutors said Monday. The police force, which colluded with the may...

Kurdish fighters battling ISIS in Kobani, Syria, say they've won control of 80 percent of the strategic city, AFP and CNN reported Monday.

The globe's hottest year is confirmed by the Japanese Meteorological Agency.

Miami-Dade became the first county in Florida to allow gay couples to wed after a state judge lifted a temporary ban.

What exactly does SA 201 look like? I'm not sure because none of the loudest voices in the movement focus on that

Coast guard attributes spike to unfounded fear of an end to 'wet-foot-dry foot policy', which often shields Cubans from deportation if they reach US shores Cuban dissidents arrested before free-speech demonstration in Ha...

For the first time since the Islamic State group formally announced its desire to conquer the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia last month, government officials claimed that "terrorist elements" launched an attack on the Saudi bor...

Two U.S. Ski Team prospects died in an Austrian avalanche Monday. Ronnie Berlack, 20, and Bryce Astle, 19, died while skiing near the World Cup venue, The Associated Press reports. They left the prepared training slope a...

Wait, what? Hugs can help fend off bugs? New research suggests hugging could be a key front-line defense for our cold-, flu-, and winter-battered immune systems. Trace embraces the findings.

He's now upset Vladimir Putin, ISIS, Fidel Castro, and the Syrian regime -- and he couldn't be more pleased

Three Utah officers returning from the funeral of a slain New York City policeman helped restrain an unruly passenger on a JetBlue Airways flight until the plane was diverted to Chicago.

An online service recommended by most of the UK's police forces has fixed a privacy flaw after being alerted by an expert.

Four men have been arrested over a gun attack on a house in Omagh, County Tyrone, on New Year's night.

Bishops from Tonga, Cape Verde and Mozambique are among the 15 cardinals Pope Francis has just named to the College of Cardinals. The men - most of whom hail from developing countries - will be responsible for electing t...

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin responded to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals -- or PETA -- after triggering a social media firestorm. On New Year's Day, she posted pictures of her son Trig standing on the fami...

Dustin Diamond faces charges over a stabbing - which he claims was in defence of his girlfriend - at a Wisconsin bar.