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Two young people vacationing in the beach town of Oak Island were swimming in waist-deep water when they lost limbs in separate life-threatening shark attacks, town officials said Monday.

Police have charged a 16-year-old boy with murder in the shooting deaths of four people at a house in Columbus, Ohio.

A girl of 14 and a 16-year-old boy are in hospital after being attacked within 30 minutes of each other in North Carolina.

A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Monday across the heavily fortified border that separates the two countries, South Korean authorities said.

Faced with a rapidly changing habitat, polar bears are adapting with a new entrée: For the first time, a polar bear was seen preying on a white-beaked dolphin carcass that had been trapped in the ice in Svalbard, a grou...

The ongoing manhunt for two convicted murderers who escaped from a maximum security New York prison earlier this month has been set back by conflicts between the law enforcement agencies pursuing the men.

A head teacher accused of having sex with two underage boys took a 15-year-old's virginity in a tent, a court hears.

Authorities stumped as the search for the convicted killers enters 10th day.

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Manhunt for escaped killers enters Day 10; woman accused of helping inmates due in court

A U.S. woman's attempt to row solo from Japan to San Francisco was aborted just eight days into the journey due to bad weather.

Just because Colorado has legalized recreational pot doesn't mean employers have to tolerate their workers smoking it, the state's Supreme Court ruled Monday. Brandon Coats, a quadriplegic and a medical marijuana patient...

Rights groups demand greater oversight of security forces after claims they responded to al-Shabaab assaults last year with arbitrary beatings and arrests Kenyan security forces were slow to respond to attacks on village...

One of two women involved in a fight inside a Wal-Mart store that was captured on cellphone video is now facing charges in that brawl.

PARIS -- A fire is ravaging a 19th century basilica in the western French city of Nantes, and has left just a shell of the rooftop.

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican’s former ambassador to the Dominican Republic has been indicted on charges he sexually abused young boys in the Caribbean country and had child pornography on...

OAK ISLAND, N.C. -- Two teenagers were seriously injured in two separate shark attacks in the same North Carolina town on Sunday, terrifying beach goers and prompting one shocked witness to compare the scene to the movie...

China to simplify entry rules for Taiwan visitors in latest appeal to island voters

Monarch joins politicians and public at famous meadow to commemorate the sealing of the document that is a cornerstone of parliamentary democracy Eight centuries after her predecessor King John was forced "at the point o...

WASHINGTON -- Jeb who? The third Bush to seek the White House debuted a campaign logo Sunday that notably omits his famous last name. Distancing himself from the Bush political...

Pressure grows for an inquiry into whether Australian officials used tax payers' money to turn back a boat carrying asylum seekers.

Hong Kong is gearing up for a vote this week on a contentious electoral reform package backed by Beijing, with a weekend poll showing public support has shifted against the proposal amid renewed street marches by pro-dem...