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Detainees transferred to Oman for resettlement as part of US plan to close controversial prison.

WASHINGTON -- Bill Clinton says he has "no idea" if contributors to the Clinton Foundation were trying to get in good with the State Department when his wife ran the...

(Reuters) - Bombs were planted outside Dallas Police headquarters in an attack early on Saturday that may have involved as many as four gunmen firing automatic weapons, police said.

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Joyce Mitchell was charged with a felony and misdemeanor for the escape of Richard Matt and David Sweat.

The female prison employee at the center of an investigation into the escape of two killers pleaded not guilty Friday night to helping them flee the maximum security facility.

California regulators ordered farmers and others who hold some of the state's strongest water rights Friday to stop pumping from three major waterways in one of the country's prime farm regions.

Police investigate shooting at popular Iowa mall that left 1 dead, suspect in custody

Several Boston-area terror suspects, including the man killed by police earlier this month as he allegedly sought to behead cops and two alleged associates, have frequently attended hateful sermons given by firebrand ima...

Another death from deadly virus reported taking death toll to 14, as country tries to halt the outbreak of disease.

At least six people dead and 100 others admitted to hospitals after ammonia gas leak in Punjab state's Ludhiana city.

Police officers fired 12 rounds during a deadly shootout last month at a restaurant in Waco, Texas, authorities said Friday in a news release.

Australian authorities paid smugglers to turn back a boat transporting migrants attempting to reach that nation, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday, citing people on the ship.

Hillary Clinton used the first major rally of her second run for the White House Saturday to make a populist case for her presidential campaign, declaring that the goal of her presidency would be to tip the nation's econ...

At least five people died and 100 others were hospitalized in the northern Indian state of Punjab after a tanker carrying ammonia gas got stuck under a bridge and sprung a leak. Authorities have reportedly launched an in...

Tips from senior vice president of Omaha Steaks

Six-year-old held for three days until freed on judge's order because Paris airport officials thought her ID was fake.

How China managed the message after the Yangtze ferry disaster; plus, a look at the face behind the news, the anchorman.

Serenity may be a few smartphone taps away, said Heather Somerville in the San Jose Mercury News. Thync, a Bluetooth-connected device that attaches to the forehead, purports to deliver a "mood-altering fix" by stimulatin...

A new technique for making jet fuel could dramatically reduce its contribution to climate change

North Korea wants the United Nations Security Council to investigate America's "biological warfare schemes." The demand comes after the Asian country accused the United States of trying to attack it with anthrax. North K...

Ms. Griner's petition for annulment contended that her marriage to Ms. Johnson of less than a month was "void based on fraud and duress."