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The 21-year-old was freed on bail but could face a lengthy prison term

Five nations, including the United States and Russia, signed an accord Thursday to prohibit commercial fishing in the international waters around the North Pole. The agreement, which aims to prevent further melting of se...

A man sprays bullets from a silver convertible Mustang at a military recruiting center tucked into a Chattanooga, Tennessee, strip mall. He moves to another military facility a few minutes later, a few miles away, killin...

When five teenagers sat down and posed for a picture at Copco Lake in 1982, they didn't plan on making it a tradition. But that's what it became.

In China, they're known as "nail houses" -- homes where owners refuse to accept compensation offered by road builders and developers in exchange for the demolition of their property. The dwellings stand like a nail that ...

On the same day that a 24-year-old Kuwaiti-American named Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez apparently killed four Marines in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a jury in Colorado convicted James Holmes, now 27, of the murder of 12 peopl...

Islamic State jihadis have taken murderous depravity to a new low - forcing a child to behead a Syrian army officer. The extremist thugs have increasingly turned to their so-called...

The United States and its allies carried out 31 airstrikes on Thursday as part of their campaign against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, the U.S. military said. U.S. President Barack Obama said that the U.S.-l...

A 16-year-old girl agonizingly tried to save her step-grandparents after a fiery small plane crash into a Washington mountain last weekend, she told CNN.

At least 31 people have been injured

BOSTON -- With its thumb raised skyward and a grin on its digital face, the robotic creation of two researchers in Canada is about to start a hitchhiking journey across...

Last year was the hottest on record, both on land an in the sea, according to a report released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the American Meteorological Society. The peer-rev...

On the anniversary of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, a previously unreleased video, purportedly taken at the crash site, shows pro-Russian rebels ransacking the luggage of dead passenger...

By Stacy Briscoe, Houzz Editorial Staff "Set the table." How many times have you heard or said that? "Dinner is ready. It's time to eat, so set the table." Phrases like that are said every night in my house. And if you'r...

The subway idea proved divisive, stirring debate across the city and the region. And by Boston civic debate standards, this one had it all, featuring complaints about traffic, costs, and the political process.

Our nightly rundown will get you caught up on the day's big stories.

Hollywood has never been slow to capitalize on a potentially cinematic story born out of a national tragedy. But now that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been formally sentenced to death -- pending appeal -- for his role in the 20...

From the tallest waterfall to the largest sand dune, from the floral tunnel to the sacred shrines, the islands of Japan is a trove of photogenic wonders.

The Pentagon should look for better ways to protect the armed forces but there's a reason recruitment centers are gun-free

But don't expect a change until at least 2016, a report says

Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton is taking a page from Harry Potter -- in the series, most characters prefer not to directly mention arch-villain Lord Voldemort by name -- and refusing to say the names...

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