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The Polaris Slingshot is rewriting the rules.

An active underwater volcano is rumbling beneath the Caribbean Sea. And scientists say an eruption could sink water vessels and shoot up hot rocks into the air.

The mystery surrounding the death of an 11-year-old girl, whose body was found in a New Hampshire river four years ago, is getting harder and harder to death with, says the grandmother of the girl.

The Pentagon asked Friday that individuals not stand guard at the military recruiting offices in the wake of the deadly Chattanooga terror attack.

Playwright and director of the musical narrative 'Dreams of My Father' invites President Obama to come watch the mirror of his life during his visit to Kenya.

Turkish air force jets carry out fresh strikes against Islamic State positions in Syria - and also hit Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.

Danny Hall, 22, and Josh Robinson, 25, posted updates of their trip online, including video footage as they drove through the mountains Two Britons killed after their car crashed as they took part in a rally along a moun...

Keywords: xinternationalcollectionx xcollectionxphotographer England's head scientific adviser warned recently that increased demand for water and energy, and a warmer world, may combine to create a 'perfect storm' of "p...

Agathon Rwasa denounces President Nkurunziza's third consecutive win but says he may not oppose unity government.

Visiting his father's Kenyan homeland, US president says 'bad things happen' when governments get into habit of treating people differently President Barack Obama, commenting on gay rights during his visit to Kenya, the ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declares an amnesty for those who have avoided military service or deserted the army, the state news agency reports.

The strikes, which followed Turkish attacks on Islamic State targets in Syria, effectively ended a two-year cease-fire between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party.

Russia seeks to test the United States at every opportunity and divide the NATO alliance, posing the most significant long term threat to US national security, the head of the U.S. Special Operations Command,  General J...

Investigators warn the London property market is being "skewed" by international criminals seeking to hide their ill-gotten gains.

Bahama casino resort's delayed opening highlights risks of China overseas tourism deals.

A year since the bank collapsed, Ricardo Salgado has been questioned by a state prosecutor amid suspicion of forgery, breach of trust and tax evasion The former head of Portugal's Banco Espirito Santo, Ricardo Salgado, w...

Turkey says its jet struck Islamic State group targets across the border in Syria for the second straight night. The fighter jets also hit camps belonging to Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.

A year ago, Eric Garner died at the hands of the police. His last words - 'I can't breathe' - sparked a wave of protest and changed the way African American parents speak to their children Erica Garner doesn't know how s...

An animal-welfare group says one of the oldest African elephants in North America has been euthanized in California because of chronic degenerative joint and foot disease.

One co-owned a gift and toy shop. Another was a college student who also worked at a women's clothing store and planned to start radiology school in the coming days.

By most accounts, it started off as a regular night at the movies.

A woman and her two young sons were among five people killed in a fiery chain-reaction crash after a semitrailer hauling a tanker filled with cooking oil slammed into vehicles slowed near a northwestern Indiana construct...