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BEIJING -- Rules making it easier to file lawsuits in China have led to a new concern over frivolous claims, such as one in which a man says actress Zhao...

Officials vowed Monday to press for more reforms on Rikers Island following the suicide of a 22-year-old Bronx man who was held at the jail for three years despite never...

Envoy tells factions meeting in Morocco they have the power to "bring an end to the suffering of the Libyan people".

Since retiring from the U.S. Army in 2000, Dr. John Henry Hagmann has helped train thousands of soldiers and medical personnel in how to treat battlefield wounds. His company, Deployment...

Nick Ut was 21 when he captured one of history's most iconic images

Prison where inmates escaped started with lofty aims, became mired in brutality, violence

BERLIN -- Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport wasn’t allowed to defend her doctoral thesis in 1938 under the Nazis because she was part-Jewish. Nearly eight decades later, she became Germany’s oldest recipient of...

Even before he found global fame as a human Ken doll, Celso Santebañes' physical appearance had made him a star in his native Brazil. As a child, Celso Borges Pereira...

Opposition fighters take control of a major base that was used by the regime to shell all eastern areas of the province.

Two officers among four people killed in "mass shooting" in northern province, which also wounded five, says state TV.

Semitrailer carrying 2,200 pigs overturns on Ohio highway; crews work to corral animals

The city is targeting cabbies who illegally discriminate based on race, gender and disabilities with a new video campaign, The Post has learned. The public service announcement, which is going...

Each state could receive 80 percent of its energy via renewables by 2030, with a full transition by 2050.

The ruling would free 68-year-old Albert Woodfox after more than 40 years in solitary

US firm hopes that by 2017, buyers will be able to go online, customise their car and have it printed in just 44 hours.

Five people who were aboard a downed aircraft were found safe, floating on a life raft off of the Bahamas, U.S. Coast Guard crews confirmed.

The Turkish novelist reflects on the recent election and what comes next

But others defend overall police response to the fight.

Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora on Friday into Saturday.

In the last two days, about 6,000 people have been rescued from boats on the Mediterranean Sea as they attempt to escape their home countries and reach European shores.

He was never found tried for his alleged crime

Blacks bears are rocking the suburbs