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WASHINGTON --The State Department confirmed late Tuesday that it has closed the U.S. Embassy in Yemen and evacuated its staff because of the political crisis and security concerns following the...

A North Carolina man was charged with murder Wednesday in the deaths of three Muslim students near the University of North Carolina - a crime that has reverberated online throughout...

President Barack Obama is predicting that the Supreme Court will legalize same-sex marriage -- now allowed in 37 states -- once and for all this year.

Despite reports that Kayla Mueller was the last American hostage in Syria, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Tuesday that there is at least one hostage being held in the region. White House says at least one oth...

Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show" is leaving on his own terms, while Brian Williams was suspended after an untruth was exposed.

The names and addresses of parents who won't vaccinate their children should made available on the Internet through a public registry

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Japan's Tama Zoo had visitors riveted, watching an animal escape drill. A staff member dressed up as a snow leopard, escaped from its enclosure while other staff set up their nets, poles and tranquilizer darts. The zoo s...

Charles Manson is back on the market again, after objecting to his former fiancée's plan to put his body on display once he dies. Why did Charles Manson call off his engagement to 27-year-old Afton Elaine Burton? ://t.c...

Critics felt Obama's remarks ignored religious motivations for the violence

City crews this week will begin tossing the household flotsam and jetsam that Chicagoans have been using to try to call dibs on parking spots since a blizzard dumped over 19 inches of snow on the area earlier this month.

Veteran journalist Brian Williams was suspended for six months by NBC on Tuesday for lying about an Iraqi war account. 

One of longest-standing US senators announces he won't attend Israeli PM's speech next month.

The rift between two super PACs backing Hillary Clinton remains raw and wide, despite their public efforts to appear as though they have mended fences.

Thousands of volunteers fan out across New York before dawn to conduct the city's yearly homeless survey. Like other major U.S. cities, New York uses a count of people living on its streets to allocate resources for the ...

In an interview Tuesday, President Obama said that telling the families of hostages that the United States won't pay ransom is "as tough as anything I do." Obama also said he was "heartbroken" when he heard that 26-year-...

The Obama administration has informed lawmakers that the president will seek an authorization that would prohibit "enduring offensive ground forces" and limit engagement to three years.

The properties stand in contrast to the working-man image promoted by José Murat Casab, a longtime party insider, and his son, a top housing official.

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Police in Sydney have arrested two men following a major counter-terrorism operation in the Australian city.