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JACKSON, Miss. -- The FBI says 17 people have been charged in north Mississippi as part of a major operation targeting suspected gang members called “Operation Bite Back.” FBI Special Agent in Charge Don Alway announ...

"You are the threat that parents worry about every day"

Alvarenga denies the allegation

The Obama administration may be moving toward one of the biggest transfers of Guantanamo Bay prisoners in years, as part of the president's slow-moving and still-controversial push to empty the camp.

Six animal rights campaigners in court for abducting two people suspected of abusing cats and dogs - only to discover it was a case of mistaken identity Six Chinese activists have gone on trial for allegedly abducting a ...

WASHINGTON — A top data staffer for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has been fired amid allegations that the campaign breached voter data from rival Hillary Clinton’s campaign. As a result, the Democ...

Two Muslim security guards at a Paris airport claim they were fired because of their long beards - though one insisted his fuzz was only a "hipster fashion." After the November terror attacks, officials at Orly Airport a...

TOKYO -- Japan executed two people by hanging on Friday, including one who was convicted in a jury trial for the first time under a new system that began six years ago. Sumitoshi Tsuda was found guilty of killing three p...

Iran is hosting an international cartoon contest–on the Holocaust. Organizers of the 11th Tehran International Cartoon Biennia claim the event is not meant to either approve or deny the genocide that claimed the lives ...

Schools in a central Virginia school district will be closed on Friday due to backlash against a high school world geography class assignment. Augusta Co. schools in Virginia closed Friday due to controversial assignment...

As part of the pope's year of mercy, Mother Teresa will be canonized in Rome next September, an Italian newspaper reports. Avvenire says Mother Teresa, who spent her life helping the poor and sick in Kolkata, will be ele...

China's capital Beijing issued its second smog red alert of the month on Friday, triggering vehicle restrictions and forcing schools to close. …

A Canadian man is in custody for allegedly stabbing a Briton in self-defence after the pair took part in a psychedelic ritual.

Star Wars superfans exchange wedding vows ahead of Star Wars The Force Awakens opening night in California.

The issue of replica guns reached national attention last year following the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice

The House on Friday approved a $1.1-trillion spending plan that will keep the government funded through September 2016. The bill also marks the first major congressionally-approved change to ObamaCare with the suspension...

David Cameron says 2016 will be the year in which the UK "fundamentally changes", hinting that a referendum could take place then.

The stars left very little to the imagination in 2015. Less was more in most cases.

Could putting vibrations into the ground be a way to keep elephants from coming into conflict with humans?

Spiritual retreats involving consumption of the highly hallucinogenic beverage have become increasingly popular

An industry which kept the nation's lights burning for generations is no more as Kellingley colliery shuts down.

After returning following the birth of her son to win world gold this year, the heptathlete wants to retain her Olympic crown and put a smile back on the face of athletics in 2016 Jessica Ennis-Hill is typically honest w...