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LUBEC, Maine -- Beachgoers jumped into action and were working to save a 30-foot long basking shark that washed ashore in Maine. WSCH-TV reports the shark washed up on the...

A Florida Police Department had a beef with Arby's after a cop was denied service Tuesday evening by a worker at the fast food franchise - simply because the customer...

Victory parade in Beijing to mark end of second world war showcases armed forces in front of a number of world leaders Chinese president Xi Jinping made an unexpected pledge on Thursday to cut his army by 300,000 troops,...

Germany and France are calling for Europe-wide migrant quotas

The church is modernising, but not nearly fast enough. Why do faith and feminism still feel so hopelessly at odds? Six months ago, I walked out of church in the middle of a service. I had recently married, but the swift ...

$750K is a bittersweet reward for 2 North Carolina brothers wrongly imprisoned 30 years

The main railway station in Budapest has re-opened after being closed to stop refugees travelling to northern Europe.

Guards checking bags, cameras that work: Bangkok security looks more serious in bombing's wake

More than 8,850 schools no longer usable due to violence in six Middle East nations and territories, UNICEF reports.

Surrounded by a group of cute students

An aunt of Galip and Aylan Kurdi, the young refugee boys from Syria who drowned near a Turkish beach, said she applied for a visa on their family's behalf.

On Sunday, Carlos Watson went fishing with his 11-year-old grandson Antwone Price in Washington Park on the South Side.

While President Obama celebrates the success of his strategy to secure enough votes to put the Iran nuclear agreement in place, the head of the Republican National Committee was seemingly engaging in some strategy of his...

Across US, big cities scramble to get ahead of threat from trains carrying volatile crude oil

China held a large military parade to mark 70 years since their defeat of Japan and the end of World War Two.

Hunt widens for 3 suspects in Illinois officer's death after house-to-house search fell flat

Angry French farmers stage 1,000-strong tractor protest in Paris over falling food prices

Prosecutors move to detain leader on brink of election after country's lawmakers stripped him of immunity over corruption case Related: Otto Pérez Molina loses presidential immunity in Guatemala congress vote Guatemala'...

Prime Minister David Cameron faces growing pressure at home and abroad for the UK to take in thousands of the migrants fleeing to Europe.

The House panel investigating the fatal 2012 Benghazi attack is set to interrogate two of then-Secretary of Hillary Clinton's top aides this week: former chief-of-staff Cheryl Mills on Thursday and former top aide Jake S...

The woman who survived the on-air shooting that left two journalists dead in Roanoke, Virginia, recently got a visit from her dog at the hospital.

Search efforts for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 should be directed closer to the Indonesian island of Java, said German researchers, Agence France-Presse reported Wednesday. The researchers reportedly produce...