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Turkey's top religious authority has decreed that Muslims may use toilet paper - though water is still preferable for cleansing. "If water cannot be found for cleansing, other cleaning materials...

Financial authorities say billions of dollars worth of public contracts last year were lost in fraud or wasted.

Cross-dressing killer Robert Durst tried to pass himself off as a deaf, mute woman named Dorothy Ciner in Texas -- but he wasn't fooling his drag-queen friend. "What stuck with...

The grisly video of Walter Scott's death that surfaced late Tuesday depicts police officer Michael Thomas Slager shooting at Scott eight times as he attempted to run away. But the video doesn't end there. It continues fo...

Cleric is a particular favorite of foreign jihadists in Syria

Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey have discovered that a chemical in birth control pills causes reproductive problems in fish. CNN's Amara Walker reports.

Where does the "Obama doctrine" fit in with the history of presidents and foreign policy?

A 19-year-old Russian woman has become an Internet sensasation by posing nude in the bitter Russian winter in a series of advertisements against the cost of living under Vladimir Putin and rising expenses for ordinary ci...

HOUSTON -- A federal judge on Tuesday denied a Justice Department request to lift a temporary hold on President Barack Obama’s executive action that sought to shield millions of immigrants...

Civil rights charges will not be filed against a white police officer who fatally shot a black student outside a bar in Westchester County, the United States attorney in Manhattan said Tuesday.

It's the eve of the Masters, and the pairings for the first two rounds have been announced, which means that it's time to try and pick a winner. In any golf tournament, that's very difficult. There are so many closely ma...

Millionaire killer Robert Durst has been indicted on weapons charges in Louisiana, authorities announced Wednesday. Durst, who is awaiting extradition to Los Angeles on a murder charge, has been held...

In Taiwan, more than 1 million households will have their water cut off for two days a week in order to ration dwindling supplies. Taiwan begins water rationing amid worsening drought ://t.co/U708MCU6wp pic.twitter.com/4...

Robbers take $8.5 million in gold from Mexican mine

The results come after a campaign that exposed the state's bitter political divides, which have prompted reports of dysfunction on the Supreme Court.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel thanked voters for giving him a "second home, and a second chance" as he declared victory over challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia Tuesday night.

Candidates viewed as representing the establishment ran against newcomers riding the wave of national discontent over law enforcement tactics.

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A South Carolina officer is charged with murder after a video shows him firing eight shots at a man who is running away from him. The man, who appears to be unarmed, drops to the ground.

The American Sniper controversy rages on. The University of Michigan canceled a planned screening of the Iraq war drama American Sniper after students complained that the film promotes "anti-Muslim rhetoric" and "sympath...

Chelsea Manning, the transgender Army private formerly known as Bradley Manning, has given her first interview since she was convicted in the Wikileaks case.

Why the elderly should go DIY