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F-16 fighter jets escorted two passenger planes into Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Saturday after a bomb threat made on Twitter was deemed credible, according to military officials.

Egypt: Officials raise to 9 death toll in clashes between Islamists, police in Cairo district.

Ukraine says intercepted communications prove Russian-backed rebels attacked city, killed 30

Water cuts and blackouts have spread across large areas of south-east Brazil as a result of the worst drought in the country since 1930. The drought has hit Brazil's three most populous states: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro...

ISIS appears to have beheaded one of its Japanese hostages and is demanding the release of a convicted terrorist in Jordan to spare the other.

(Reuters) - Central African Republic's minister for youth and sport was kidnapped on Sunday by gunmen in the capital, Bangui, as he returned from church, an official said. The seizure of Armel Ningatoloum Sayo follows th...

A woman was hurt after a car crashed into a CTA bus stop shelter and rolled over on the Northwest Side early Sunday morning, police said.

The woman who accused Jameis Winston of rape is going public with her side of the story.

All eyes will be on the opening of world financial markets

NEW YORK -- Mike Krzyzewski earned his 1,000th career win Sunday, making him the first NCAA Division I men's coach to reach the milestone, when No. 5 Duke surged past St. John's in the second half for a 77-68 victory at ...

'This is essentially using a mosquito as a drug to cure disease'

Frontline joins the pack of anti-Russian demonizers with this transparently dishonest piece of journalism that far from presenting a reliable portrait of President Putin injects the viewer with a multitude of prejudices ...

"The Hunting Ground," a documentary about sexual assaults on campuses, drew gasps at a Sundance Film Festival viewing.

No. 14 Wichita State breezes past Drake 74-40, wins 26th straight conference game

No. 5 Lady Vols overcome scoring drought, top No. 22 Georgia 59-51 to stay perfect in SEC play

Attorney for family of Ernie Banks says Hall of Famer died after suffering a heart attack

A bumpy stretch of North Lake Shore Drive near downtown will be resurfaced this year, along with at least 300 miles of arterial streets in Chicago, officials will announce Monday.

A Home Depot in New York City's Flatiron District was evacuated Sunday after police say two employees were killed in a murder-suicide.

It would be the largest such designation in more than 50 years

On Saturday, Bill Belichick, the enigmatic coach of the New England Patriots, decided to be as revealing as perhaps he's ever been in public. He held what he called "an impromptu thing," a lengthy, somewhat Dada press co...

Marine pilots from Pennsylvania, Kentucky named as victims in deadly California chopper crash

It's a Friday afternoon at the NASA Ames campus where I have been advising an organization that -- among other things -- is empowering a new generation of leaders to develop products for future social impact. For several...