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FREEBURG, Ill. -- As with many small towns, the biggest source of bragging rights in this agrarian outpost in southern Illinois is its high school athletes -- the Freeburg Midgets....

Celebrating America's freedom nearly cost Lane Pittman his.

Casey Davis is refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples

FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that the agency believes it stopped potential acts of violence in the month before the July 4 holiday.

Thousands gathered to see the battle flag removed.

Many artists have adopted the American flag instead

The bodies of Thomas Gillepsie, 63, and his grandson were discovered late Wednesday in the mountains near Gila Bend, some 50 miles southwest of Phoenix, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said.

Investigators have no leads in the murder of a 30-year-old aspiring actress who was shot in the back of the head by an unknown assailant as she walked with her boyfriend Sunday in Hollywood.

Authorities: 34-year-old hiker who died in Washington ice caves was from California

Reddit, one of the most highly trafficked websites in the world, is replacing its interim chief executive, Ellen Pao, ending an eight-month tenure that was enmeshed in controversy.

Though women combat sexism in the gaming world, Jones says that won't be an issue in his movie

On the campaign trail this week, Marco Rubio is connecting with Hispanic voters.

Swiss authorities say 1 of 7 detained FIFA officials has agreed to be extradited to the US

They used to be the preserve of informal home gatherings around old flickering TV sets, but Nollywood films have now gone global.

The 2016 gaffe wars have finally begun. Oh, there have been gaffes before now in this presidential race, but the one Jeb Bush uttered on Wednesday -- that in order to get our economy moving, "people need to work longer h...

The car, nicknamed "Blue Lena," has a reputation just as notorious as its former owner.

Skin care brand H2O Plus plans to relocate its headquarters from Chicago to San Francisco and close its West Loop manufacturing plant to focus on freshening its image, the company announced Friday.

By some intricate miracle of timing, by some random hiccup of destiny or lurch of fate - or maybe even divine intervention, a possibility way above my pay grade to pronounce upon - "Go Set a Watchman" will land in the la...

The Charleston County, South Carolina, State Court has ordered that evidence on the June 17 slaughter at Emanuel AME Church, including 911 emergency phone call records, be withheld due to the great publicity surrounding ...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday took another crack at launching a produce bus project that aims to bring fresh fruits and vegetables to parts of Chicago that lack them after a similar city-backed initiative failed two years...

A woman who allegedly tried to run down her boyfriend with her minivan during an argument on the West Side and who then successfully did so as the man taunted her to try again was charged with his murder, officials said ...