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Critics say the Religious Freedom Restoration Act legalizes discrimination

A man's home is his phallus, er, palace. A house that is shaped suspiciously like the male sex organ is up for sale near Sydney, Australia, for around $853,000. The home, officially named "Sherwin House" but called "Peni...

An Army National Guard member and his cousin have each been charged with one count of conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Spc. Hasan Edmonds, 22, was arrested Wednesday...

Saudi Arabia leads attack of rebel military bases in second night of raids as embattled President Hadi flees to Riyadh.

North Korea says it has arrested two South Korean men for spying, amid ongoing tensions between the two Koreas.

Even in our current golden age of mini-campers, the Sealander (from $17,000) "beats them all," writes Outside Magazine. This "curious hybrid" is part personal yacht, part pop-up camper. You can hitch it to your SUV and t...

A Nevada lawmaker claimed racism was no longer a problem in the U.S., then used a racially offensive term to describe a black colleague. While defending a proposed voter I.D. law, Republican assemblywoman Michele Fiore r...

An ex-News of the World reporter who was found guilty of paying a prison officer for information has their conviction quashed.

Ed Miliband says he's "tough enough" to lead Britain, as he clashes with David Cameron over zero-hours contracts and immigration.

Police have found a "significant clue" in an apartment belonging to Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot prosecutors say deliberately crashed a Germanwings flight carrying 149 people into the French Alps, killing all on board, a...

What do we do against an enemy whose intent remains invisible until it's too late?

A team of experts says a mixture that included organic cat litter forced the closure of the only underground nuclear waste repository in the US.

David Cameron and Hassan Rouhani agree this week's Lausanne talks offer 'historic opportunity' to end long-running standoff David Cameron and the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, have agreed that international negotiat...

Conflicting accounts over possible misconduct by agents who protect president.

A proposed surtax that would help offset the cost of combating the Islamic State group, proposed by U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., and backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., failed after going to a vote Thursday night, 46...

A court of appeals in Argentina has upheld a decision to throw out controversial allegations against President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

The 49-year-old is taken into custody after officers arrive at a home in Wootton Hall Park, Northampton.

A Detroit teenager says her mother killed two of her siblings and forced her to put one of their bodies in the freezer where they were found.

North Korean state media announced that authorities have detained two South Korean citizens on charges of espionage. North Korea's Korean Central News Agency identified the two men as Kim Kuk Gi and Choe Chun Gil. Both r...

American finally acquitted of the murder of Meredith Kercher

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Darvin Estrada, 26, of Waltham was allegedly seen retrieving a package containing about 200 grams of heroin by undercover agents.