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On the streets of Newark, which I roamed for 10 years as a reporter with The Star-Ledger, it was easy to tell the addicts from the newly released convicts. I was panhandled by both with regularity -- a well-dressed white...

A robbery was thwarted at a Southwest Side corner store Saturday night when a patron with a concealed carry license shot and killed an armed robber, authorities said.Citing preliminary information, police said a man walk...

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A London man involved in shaming couples holding hands and "inappropriately" dressed women in the name of Sharia law apologises.

Illustrating the limits of star power, "Our Brand is Crisis" and "Burnt" were both roundly rejected by audiences despite the presence of Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper.

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Bodies will begin being sent back to Russia Sunday.

An out-of-control car plowed into a group of trick-or-treaters on Saturday evening, killing three people, including a 10-year-old girl and her grandfather, and injuring three others, police said. The driver also was inju...

ISMAILIA, Egypt/CAIRO

From 700-year-old swords and 19th-century 'living doll' to Hello Kitty cooker, army of conservators have painstaking revived museum collection Even V&A staff who have lived with him for years find him extremely sinister....

The marathon is officially underway, with the elite women and men on the course. Ernst Van Dyk has crossed the finish line to win the men's wheelchair division.

In the five months since the last set of parliamentary elections in Turkey failed to produce a clear winner, the country has been severely shaken by terrorist attacks and become more deeply polarized than before.

US-born endangered Sumatran rhino arrives in ancestral home of Indonesia on mission to mate

The BBC's Frank Gardner reports on the issues dominating a major regional security conference in Bahrain.

Ideological and religious differences will continue to limit ISIL's ability to recruit from Afghan Taliban.

No funny business: Cartoonists a casualty of China's crackdown on political dissent

Last person jailed in Waco shooting involving bikers and police to be freed after 5 months

Andy Burnham calls on Theresa May to step in and hand over the money police forces need to ensure commemorations can be staged.

Somalia official: 9 dead in hotel attack in capital; Islamic extremists claim responsibility

Stories emerge of the lives of those on the Russian plane that crashed in the Sinai region of Egypt, many returning from holiday.

At least five killed and dozens wounded in attack claimed by al-Shabab on hotel in central Mogadishu, authorities say.

More than 10 years of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's autocratic government could end in election that was called when party lost majority in June Turkish voters are going to the polls in parliamentary elections that could end m...