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Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have asked a judge to postpone his trial because the attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris may have tainted the potential jury pool. On Tuesday, they wrote that th...

Said and Cherif Kouachi's fatal shooting of 12 people in Paris last week cast an international spotlight on the global intelligence community's ongoing struggle to identify and eliminate "lone wolf' terrorism. The Charli...

The 132-year-old gun, considered an everyman's rifle in the 1800s, was found leaning against a tree.

The singer looks back on her fashion choices.

A contingent of cops from New York City paid their respects Tuesday to the three French officers killed during a terror rampage by Islamic militants. The NYPD cops joined hundreds...

The vast majority of people with Alzheimer’s disease will experience changes like depression and anxiety. But a new study published in the journal Neurology shows that behavioral changes like these start well before th...

Investigators follow leads taking then from a Paris newsroom to Yemen and Bulgaria as they try to work out how the attacks were planned -- and who is still at large.

Russia said it is investigating Wednesday whether two men shown executed by a child jihadist in a video released by the Islamic State militant group are Russian spies. The Russian embassy in Syria said it doesn't have an...

Critics dog Cambodia's tough and wily prime minister as he marks 30 years in power

Record $42b budget is to boost defences of disputed islands amid China's assertiveness in the region.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has questioned the need for legislation criminalizing chokeholds, since the Police Department already bans their use; the bill would make chokeholds by officers a misdemeanor.

Despite last week's horrific terror attacks that left 19 dead -- including 16 innocent civilians -- plus dozens wounded, France appears determined to maintain its strategically vital role in fighting the Islamic State gr...

Diplomatic hopes of a breakthrough over the war in Ukraine were dealt a fresh blow after a summit planned to bring lasting peace to the region was suspended. The failure to make progress leaves eastern Ukraine in a state...

Controversial French comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala was arrested Wednesday for being an "apologist for terrorism" after publishing a post on Facebook that expressed sympathy with one of the Paris gunmen, reported the ...

KILLEEN, Texas (AP) -- Officials say they're investigating the death of a Fort Hood soldier who was found outside an off-base apartment after he returned from deployment in West Africa. An Ebola test was given as a preca...

2 small endangered monkeys die from exposure to cold at Louisiana zoo; caretaker resigns

Airlines still have to fly some severely underbooked routes

In the months after the ship sinking, Titanic survivor Lady Lucy Duff-Gordon's correspondence to her friend in New York starts, as one might expect, with an appropriate amount of thanks for her concern.

Detroit Marriott at Renaissance Center completes yearlong, $30 million renovation project

It's nice to feel that a company that I've been wearing for so long went out of its way to stand behind marriage equality

"Most Fortune 500 CEOs have little power"

Spain's former king may not sit on the throne anymore - but the 77-year-old royal is still in the hot seat. The country's Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it was investigating a paternity suit against former King J...