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Judging from Justice Samuel Alito's contributions during Tuesday's oral arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges, the same-sex marriage case before the Supreme Court, he is a little hung up on polygamy. Over the course of two a...

There is growing frustration in Nepal at the pace of the relief effort after Saturday's devastating earthquake.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for an end to the tough-on-crime policies that were heralded by her husband when he was in the White House two decades ago. Harsh prison...

Marches in New York, Boston, Ferguson and Washington, while authorities in Baltimore back down after holding people for days without charge Protests over the death in Baltimore police custody of Freddie Gray spread acros...

Freddie Gray protests continued in Baltimore on Wednesday, with large crowds of demonstrators also taking to the streets in New York City, Boston, San Diego, and Washington, D.C. to show their support. Protesters at unio...

Accusations have surfaced that French soldiers in Central African Republic sexually abused children they were sent to protect

A photo of a baby boy being pulled from the rubble of the Nepal earthquake has become the defining image of a disaster that has devastated the country.

Prosecutors investigate accusations that troops in Central African Republic abused children they were sent to protect.

Dan Carlin was posing for a picture with a fish he had just caught when a sea lion leaped from the water and dragged him 20 feet under the sea Dan Carlin's wife told him to smile for a picture on their boat as he held up...

Children and the elderly are among 120 Britons welcomed home by relatives - as survivors in Nepal continue to wait for help.

"This is a war about corruption, it's a war about poverty, it's a war about misrule, mismanagement, bad governance"

The city faces systemic issues involving patterns of segregation and police mistrust

A woman died after a shark attack in Hawaii, prompting beach closures in nearby areas in Maui, authorities said.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expresses "deep regret" over the execution of eight people in Indonesian for drug crimes.

Police say moose stabbed to death in Alaska park; 3 charged with felony animal cruelty

BALTIMORE -- Thousands of people hit the streets in Baltimore and several other cities from Boston and New York to Indianapolis and Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to protest the death...

The perils of speaking a foreign tongue

Institute for Science and International Security says there are signs that a centrifuge plant at the Yongbyon nuclear complex is active again Satellite images taken between January and April show a North Korean nuclear r...

His mother "lost it" after seeing him with a brick in his hand

Scott Peters, who is accused in the shooting of two McHenry County deputies, moaned and wailed for a doctor as he was wheeled into court Wednesday morning -- but prosecutors and the judge said he was faking his illness t...

MINGORA, Pakistan -- A Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced 10 militants to life in prison for their involvement in the 2012 attack on teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, a public prosecutor...

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