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Oklahoma on Thursday executed its first death row inmate since a botched lethal injection in April forced the state to revise its policies. Charles Warner, who was convicted in the 1990s on charges he sexually assaulted ...

Prime minister's office announces release of Greta Ramelli and Vanessa Marzullo who disappeared in Aleppo last year.

As one commenter on Speaker.gov so cleverly put it, the U.S. Speaker of the House just "put the bae in Boehner." A new post on Boehner's website attempts to explain the Republican criticisms of President Obama's new prop...

The Supreme Court has yet to review of any same-sex marriage cases this term, but that will soon change. The nation’s highest court announced Friday that it will review an appeals court decision upholding bans on gay m...

In a radio interview on Thursday, Gov. Chris Christie asserted that he "knew nothing about" a Port Authority contract given to a firm part-owned by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. But Christie, along with New York Gov. Andrew...

Fox News is back for Dish subscribers after weeks-long blackout as companies make deal

Cuba to print higher-denomination peso bills in step toward unifying dual-currency system

Understand how history shaped the Jewish community in France, from the French Revolution to today

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying was accused Thursday of "murdering democracy," and policies he planned to introduce, addressed in a speech the day before, were likened to Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution. Acade...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be invited to attend the next meeting of G7 nations, according to comments made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will host the 2015 summit in Bavaria this June. "The G7 an...

California health officials on Thursday confirmed 13 new measles cases connected to an outbreak at Disney theme parks last month, bringing the total number of illnesses to 39.

Two California parents became so angry when their son wasn???t ready and waiting for afternoon pick-up that police say they went to a whole new extreme.

The burial of the three raises a difficult question for France, which in the past has offered a Muslim burial even to those who committed terrorist acts.

The Pew Research Center has found that millennials will overtake Baby Boomers this year as the nation's largest living generation, according to projections from the U.S. Census Bureau. Millennials, defined as those who a...

A new take on "7/11" that will make you want to dance around in your underwear

On Thursday, at a Republican National Committee meeting in San Diego, former neurosurgeon and popular conservative speaker and author Ben Carson made a link between America's founding patriots and the Islamic State. Duri...

A top question: Are the tremors a signal of something worse? A scientist says the answer is almost certainly no.

Capt. Daniel Dusek pleaded guilty to bribery conspiracy for accepting free trips, meals and prostitutes from Leonard Glenn Francis, a Malaysian contractor.

Chris Kyle's widow weighs in

Supreme Court to decide if same-sex couples have the right to marry everywhere in America

That's right, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Indiana Governor Mike Pence have wagered delectable items from their home states on the outcome of Sunday's game.

Recently, KJ Dell'Antonia took note on the New York Times' Motherlode blog of what seems to be an increasing number of people using crowdfunding sites not to jump-start an innovative business or artistic project but as a...