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A number of women and girls recently rescued by the Nigerian army from Boko Haram camps in Borno state appear to be pregnant, local media said. Unofficial reports said 214 female captives out of the 234 freed from the Sa...

When Sean Graney staged his 12-hour epic "All Our Tragic" for the company known as The Hypocrites last fall, he knew that the audience would need a few warm and funny guides through the darkness of Greek tragedy. So he s...

Aleen Bayard, LEED Green Associate, is the managing partner of Footprint Partners, a consulting practice specializing in leadership, change management and communication services for organizations committed to sustainabil...

Many in Britain rejoiced on Monday after Kensington Palace announced that Britain's new princess would be named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.

A ship carrying almost 200 tons of ammonium nitrate sank off the coast of Puntarenas, Costa Rica, on Saturday, causing the government to set up a 60-mile-long safety zone. Costa Rica declares emergency after ship carryin...

Two armed men were killed after opening fire on a security guard outside an exhibit of artistic depictions of the Muslim prophet Muhammad in suburban Dallas Sunday evening.

Biden touts community policing at NAACP dinner, says police, communities must 'see each other'

Philippine military chief confirms wanted Filipino bomb-maker with $1 million bounty killed

In Yemen, new pro-government forces have arrived in the port city of Aden, leading some to believe that they are ground troops from the Saudi-led coalition brought in to fight the Houthi rebels. Mysterious new force emer...

Air traffic controller said if the man came down, they could go get some coffee.

WASHINGTON -- Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon turned conservative star, has confirmed that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Carson, who has never run for public office, is...

Curfew lifted, National Guard troops withdrawn after protests over death of black man in police custody subside.

The cause of death was severe head trauma and hypovolemic shock, or bleeding

An avian virus related to one that has killed 440 people in Asia is cutting through the Midwest. But experts say the risk to humans is low.

In college we made a bet to see who would be first to buy a minivan. If we could remember what we bet, I would've lost.

America's meat industry has fought for decades against changes to the nation's official dietary recommendations that would suggest limiting meat consumption as part of a healthy diet. Now, the companies that represent pl...

Protease inhibitors may help in the fight against a deadly disease that's killing millions of bats.

(Reuters) - Clayton State University, an Atlanta-area school, was evacuated on Monday afternoon due to a bomb threat, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper reported.

Spike Lee needs extras for his new Chicago-based film and it doesn't sound like the "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X" director is too picky.

He won his wife over with a surprise trip to South America

Police in Garland, Texas, say officers shot and killed two men Sunday afternoon after they pulled up to a building and shot a Garland Independent School District officer. The incident took place outside the Curtis Culwel...