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WASHINGTON -- Elfriede Rinkel’s past as a Nazi concentration camp guard didn’t keep her from collecting nearly $120,000 in American Social Security benefits. Rinkel admitted to being stationed at the...

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JOHANNESBURG -- South African media are reporting the death of an American woman at a lion park in Johannesburg, and the US Embassy says it has received reports of an...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Authorities in Raleigh say a man who was arrested over the weekend on child pornography charges worked as a shopping mall Santa Claus. Local media outlets report...

Three fatal shootings in Baltimore on Sunday bring May's homicide count to 43, making it the most violent month in more than 40 years.

(WASHINGTON) — Senate Republicans say they’ve been unable to make a deal to extend contested anti-terror provisions. As a result, the post-Sept. 11 programs will expire at midnight. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas says the...

Thanks to a complicated mesh of treaties and other deals put in place since the end of World War II, the United States is (theoretically) obligated to defend 67 nations -- comprising about a quarter of the world's popula...

The armed group's control of Syria reportedly expands, following the latest gains in Homs and Aleppo.

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The last of the Angiulo brothers has died. Francesco "Frank" J. Angiulo, a former member of the hierarchy of the New England Mafia, died Saturday. He was 94 years old.

Over 6,400 have been killed and 16,000 injured since fighting broke out between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists in 2014.

France says airstrikes against IS will only be effective if political reconciliation in Iraq

New CEO's stabilisation plans for "technically bankrupt" carrier include job cuts and fewer flights on some routes.

Obama tells Israeli TV channel no military solution to Iran's nuclear program

If you're prospecting for diamonds in Liberia, keep an eye out for the Pamaya.

Netflix is testing ads for its original programs in certain markets

Disturbing cell phone video appears to back up a teenage Syrian boy's tales of beatings and torture at the hands of Islamic State militants, the BBC reported Monday.  

"Why are we treating college students like babies?"

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) formally entered the 2016 presidential race Monday with an announcement in his hometown of Central, South Carolina. "No one here including me ever expected me to say, 'I'm Lindsey Graham, and...

Researchers say the success of combining immunotherapy drugs in skin cancer patients could mean similar outcomes for other cancers. Fred Pleitgen reports.

Islamic State suicide attacks in Iraq's Anbar kill 35 troops

One of the most controversial sections of the US Patriot Act governing mass surveillance is set to expire.