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A local charter high school principal was caught in the back seat of a car, shirt unbuttoned, smoking marijuana with one of her students, police said.

MADISON, Wis. -- A Wisconsin prosecutor said he will announce on Tuesday whether charges will be filed against a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed 19-year-old biracial man...

A transformer failure at the Indian Point nuclear power plant caused an explosion and fire at the facility Saturday evening, sending billows of black smoke into the air near Buchanan, New York.

As Super Typhoon Noul bears down on the northeastern Philippines, authorities issue warnings of flooding and landslides in the mountainous region.

Actress Jane Horrocks is overcome with emotion at a VE Day concert as she reads from the final letter of a dead WW2 soldier to his mother.

CCTV cameras that were installed in Johannesburg many years ago are beginning to show some positive results.

TV star said it felt strange to be celebrated for "treating people like people"

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Kenan Evren, leader of Turkey's 1980 military coup and former president dies at 97

The officers were killed during a traffic stop in Hattiesburg on Saturday night, and a hunt was underway for a suspect who fled in the officers' car, according to local news media.

Loyalists of ousted leader say he and family are safe after jets bomb residence in Sana'a as part of campaign against insurgency Saudi-led forces conducted air raids at dawn on Sunday in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, targe...

Oklahoma and other Great Plains states are getting another dose of severe weather on Saturday, with flood evacuations ordered in northern Colorado, heavy snow headed for the Rocky Mountains and a few tornadoes popping up...

Thousands of Russian troops marched across Red Square under the eye of Vladimir Putin on Saturday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union's World War II victory over Nazi Germany.

Nine Georgia deputies have been fired in connection with the death of a 21-year-old student in Savannah, Georgia, authorities announced Friday.

Niger deported 1,200 people who fled Nigeria so that it can carry out a military operation against Boko Haram, authorities in the French-speaking country said Saturday.

Alexis Tsipras's bid to delay a €750m loan repayment may fail, prompting a struggle with those who voted for him The epic struggle to keep Greece solvent and in the eurozone intensified on Saturday night amid signs of ...

• Rogers points to Out on the Fields survey revealing abuse• 'Enforce zero tolerance of hateful language on and off field'• Rogers warns over Russia and Qatar World Cups Robbie Rogers, the first professional footba...

Author says 'I believe in standing up to bullies' after users insulted her over her support for Labour party - but more of her 4m followers offered their support JK Rowling has spoken out about the vitriolic online abuse...

As the Justice Department begins a civil rights investigation in Mr. Gray's death, the case throws into sharp relief the Baltimore Police Department's shortcomings and struggles to integrate its ranks.

European parliament to discuss scrapping of all animal research in response to citizens' initiative petition signed by 1.2 million people The European parliament will on Monday debate a call - backed by a petition signed...

More details have come to light as police in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, continue to investigate the Saturday night shooting that left two police officers dead. Cornelius Clark, 28, has been arrested and charged with obstr...

s://.youtube.com/watch?v=jIME5YEhRzw VATICAN CITY -- Cuban President Raul Castro paid a call Sunday on Pope Francis at the Vatican to thank him for working for Cuban-U.S. detente -- and said he...