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The state trooper who captured prison escapee David Sweat took down the convicted cop-killer with two pistol shots from more than 50 yards away, it was revealed on Monday. State...

Some people in China go to extraordinary length to hide their wealth. Founder of Hurun China Rich List, Rupert Hoogewerf, explains the phenomenon of China's vampire billionaires.

A 23-pound lobster, estimated to be 95 years old, is being donated to the Long Island Aquarium despite being sent to a seafood store.

Anthony Hervey, a black man who was killed in a car wreck while returning from Birmingham, Ala., was known for his efforts to preserve the Confederate flag.

Real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was scheduled to hold a campaign kickoff rally Tuesday in South Carolina. Trump was set to visit the Sun City Hilton Head's Magnolia Hall in Bluffton, ...

Polls opened in Burundi on Tuesday for a controversial presidential election where sitting leader Pierre Nkurunziza is seeking an unprecedented third term despite calls against his candidacy.

The investigation into the death of Sandra Bland is being treated like a murder investigation, a district attorney said Monday.

Move comes as protesters say government has not done enough to stop ISIL, suspected over bombing in Kurdish border town.

Water rushing through a desert gully eroded the land around the bridge

The Hollywood actor has teamed up with human rights activists to seek out conflict financiers

The mayors are expected to sign a declaration stating that dealing with climate change is a "moral imperative"

An attempted-murder suspect was seen on videotape running from police officers outside the 32nd Precinct in Harlem on June 23.

Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez also spent seven months in Jordan last year with his family

Four of six world soccer confederations would reportedly support the current UEFA chief's candidacy

Country pays billions of euros to the IMF and the European Central Bank as it raises taxes.

Japan defense report stresses China's threat as Tokyo pushes to give its military greater role

Police probing death of Los Angeles man find 1,200 guns, 2 tons of ammunition in his home

About 1,500 volcanoes are active on our planet, though only about a third have erupted during recorded history. Here are some that potentially could pose a threat to major inhabited areas.

President Barack Obama told comedian Jon Stewart on Tuesday that critics of his Iran deal think he should have sent former Vice President Dick Cheney to the negotiations with the Iranians.

Four days after mocking Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for being captured in Vietnam, Donald Trump is at the top of the Republican presidential polls. Despite his history of political flip flops, Trump has gained traction wi...

An anonymous vet saved the day

Karen Kasich -- nee Waldbillig -- met her husband, then Rep. John Kasich, in a way that seems fitting for an Ohio native. The 25-year-old from Upper Arlington met her husband, 12 years her senior, through the ever-popula...