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Back in 2002, the government funded a study that showed there was no evidence that abstinence programs increased a kid's likelihood of abstaining from sex. In fact, no studies have found evidence that teaching abstinence...

Scalia died in his sleep during a visit to Texas. A government official said Scalia went to bed Friday night and told friends he wasn't feeling well.

In November 2009, British sniper Sgt. Craig Harrison recorded the longest confirmed kill ever recorded -- 2,705 yards, or a little over 1 ¹/₂ miles. In this excerpt from his new memoir, "The Longest Kill," Harrison de...

By now, Daniel had been in Afghanistan two months. It was July 2012, his third tour of duty and his first with Oogie, his military working dog. They were leading their platoon on yet another patrol, clearing a no-name vi...

About 150,000 penguins have died since being stranded by a vast iceberg that became lodged off the coast of Antarctica six years ago, according to the journal Antarctic Science.

"I plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time"

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A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand with such force, it caused part of a cliff to collapse.

Four Britons have been pulled to safety more than 16 hours after their boat capsized and they lost their oars Four British rowers have been rescued after becoming stranded in the mid-Atlantic Ocean for more than 16 hours...

'Deadpool' image courtesy of 20th Century Fox With a sky-high (and record-demolishing) $135 million 3-day/$150 million 4-day opening weekend for Deadpool, it is clearer than ever that audiences are growing tired of the c...

The Haitian parliament elected a new interim President Sunday, one week after the previous President stepped down with no successor lined up.

The United Nations said Sunday that about 11,002 civilians have been killed or injured in Afghanistan in 2015, showing an increase of 4 percent over 2014. The country has been facing insurgency from militant groups like ...

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Neither side benefits from compromise

A Chinese nationalist newspaper says Americans politicians are resorting to petty actions after the Senate approved a bill to rename the plaza in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington after an imprisoned Chinese pol...

New York City officials arrested a fugitive accused of stabbing his girlfriend and all three of her children in an attack at a hotel used as homeless housing

Saudi general confirms aircraft have arrived in Turkey to target ISIL with air strikes, but no ground forces yet.

Former prime ministers contesting in close presidential poll as country takes crucial steps to end years of violence.

SCOTUS vacancy becomes talking point on Democratic presidential race, too.

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It was all in a morning's commute for a Good Samaritan who pulled a trapped and screaming motorist from a burning car and then continued on to work, Virginia authorities said Saturday.

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Republican White House hopefuls insisted that President Barack Obama step aside and let his successor nominate the next Supreme Court justice, in a raucous Saturday night debate that also featured har...