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Teen with cystic fibrosis describes life in a coma.

Pamela Downs is no master forger

The decision to enroll in graduate school plagues Americans at every stage of their careers. For many, a master's degree can be key to securing a promotion or changing fields, and will often lead to better compensation. ...

The decision comes 15 years after the state encouraged violent seizures of white-owned properties

Twelve people who'd gone to a Colorado movie theater for an evening's entertainment never came home. Seventy who'd wanted to see "The Dark Knight Rises" found themselves wounded in an all-too-real barrage of gunfire. And...

It is almost a year since thousands of Yazidis fled to Mount Sinjar, in northern Iraq, as Islamic State fighters entered their villages.

Ugandan President Museveni leaves talks without deal, while efforts to end months of violence continue.

China detains 20 from S. Africa, UK, India; aid group says some accused of seeing terror video

Zhang Shifan, owner of a swimwear store in Qingdao, eastern China, says she invented the 'face-kini' in 2004, when customers asked for a swim mask that offered protection from jellyfish stings and getting a tan. While sh...

Home secretary snubs London mayor and refuses to allow water cannon to be used by police anywhere in England and Wales The home secretary, Theresa May, has rejected an attempt by Boris Johnson to deploy water cannon on t...

The ugly nature of Russian anti-gay prejudice is on full display in a video uploaded by LGBT rights activists, who secretly filmed a "gay" couple walking through Moscow holding hands.

People's Daily, mouthpiece of the ruling Communist party, says deal with Tehran sends 'message of hope' and shows dialogue is better than threats The successful outcome of the Iran nuclear talks shows China's mantra of r...

Protests turned violent in Athens on Wednesday, as Greece faced a crucial vote that would decide whether the country would accept reforms, and ultimately, the country's future in the eurozone. A demonstration erupted in ...

Israeli prime minister slams President Obama's nuclear agreement

Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu spends 2nd night in South African hospital, thanks wellwishers

Egyptian army says it foils attack on road to Red Sea coast claimed by Islamic State fighters

The 16-year-old girl has been sent 'thousands of death threats' after she was shown in the video attacking two teenagers, a court has heard A 16-year-old girl has been sent thousands of death threats after she was shown ...

Iranians poured onto the streets of capital Tehran after the Ramadan fast ended at sundown on Tuesday.

Economic opportunity will be focus of Obama visit to Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

A federal judge ordered a suburban Los Angeles city on Tuesday to release video of police fatally shooting an unarmed man two years ago.

5 things to know about Iran deal: Centrifuges will keep spinning, oil prices might go down

A 16-year-old girl who survived a plane crash believed to have killed her step-grandparents over the weekend was released from a Washington state hospital late Tuesday.