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Pro marijuana advocates in Maine are expected to start collecting signatures to get recreational pot on the ballot in 2016 following approval Tuesday of a petition by the Secretary of State's office, the Associated Press...

Eight million people were affected by the Nepal earthquake and 1.4m are in need of food aid, the UN says, as the death toll tops 4,000.

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On the streets of Baltimore Monday night, several people -- including Vietnam veteran Robert Valentine -- stood between rioters and police officers, urging those who took to the streets to go home and not take part in th...

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In East Baltimore on Monday night, a community center and senior housing complex still under construction went up in flames, and authorities say they do not know if it is linked to the rioting across the city. Baltimore ...

A report by a prominent national professors group says the University of Illinois violated the principles of academic freedom when it withdrew a tenured faculty appointment to a professor because of critical and profane ...

Several officers were injured as police cars were damaged and rocks were thrown. Protesters smashed windows, and a CVS drugstore was set on fire.

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Reports are circulating that entire villages have been leveled by the earthquake as the death toll rises. FULL STORY | HOW YOU CAN HELP | A NATION IN RUINS

Japan police investigate suspected projectile launch aimed at US base near Tokyo; no injuries

Unrest and violence in the streets Monday forced the postponement of a matchup between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox—but an impassioned speech on Twitter from one Orioles exec days earlier puts the o...

Hundreds of decomposed corpses were discovered buried in shallow graves in the streets of the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak this past weekend, according to local officials and a resident.

• Singles winners to receive £1.88m at All England Club• The level of prize money is affordable, says Philip Brook• Andy Murray welcomes decision to host Davis Cup tie at Queen's Wimbledon has defended boosting to...

Herbicide is used in US-funded efforts against cocaine production but World Health Organisation has deemed it a probable carcinogen Colombia's health ministry is recommending the immediate suspension of aerial spraying o...

Man convicted of killing Texas corrections officer asks US Supreme Court to block execution

5 people shot, 2 of them fatally, outside New York City church during funeral

On Monday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) met with about 30 Orthodox Jewish leaders at the Brooklyn, New York, headquarters of the National Society for Hebrew Day Schools, and he raised some eyebrows with his thoughts on foreign...

In Kenya, talk of war masks a multitude of sins on the part of the government and security agents.

Baltimore officials lashed out at protesters who ransacked stores, threw rocks and bottles at police officers, and set cars and buildings ablaze Monday evening. The unrest began hours after the funeral of Freddie Gray, a...

Hong Kong's visible and historic Nepali minority is united in its determination to help loved ones back home

In the days since a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday and killed more than 4,300 people, dozens of aftershocks of 4.5 magnitude and greater have hit as well, and the U.S. Geological Survey warns that ther...