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An unidentified gunman killed four family members then fatally shot himself after an hourslong standoff with police in rural Washington state on Friday, authorities said.

The spotlight for Democrats' race for the White House is on South Carolina, one week after Hillary Clinton beat Bernie Sanders in Nevada

South Carolina's black voters are tired of gross generalisations as to how they intend to vote.

An icebreaker carrying researchers that ran aground off the coast of Antarctica was freed by crew Saturday and was afloat again, the Australian government said. …

Early returns show none of the three competing political factions will win a majority in the 290-seat parliament.

1. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced his endorsement of Donald Trump Friday during the Republican frontrunner's "mega-rally" in Fort Worth, Texas. "Donald and I have been friends for over a decade," Christie told ...

A five-story stainless steel slide has been installed in the middle of a Shanghai shopping mall so consumers can drop from top floor designer stores to ground floor boutiques at death-defying speeds. The luxurious Printe...

Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is willing to accept extradition and plead guilty to charges in a United States court if he can negotiate an "unelevated" prison sentence in a medium security prison, his lawye...

Catholics should think twice before indulging in a box of Thin Mints, according to the St. Louis archbishop, who said the church disagrees strongly with some of the Girl Scouts’ values. In a letter to priests, follower...

Syria's state news agency says a car bomb has exploded on the edge of a government-held central town, killing two and wounding several others. …

The National Park Service is looking at using sharpshooters, capture and other methods to reduce the number of bison that are damaging resources

South Korea's opposition lawmakers are continuing their non-stop speeches for a fifth straight day in parliament to block a vote on a government-backed anti-terrorism bill they say would threaten personal freedoms and pr...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.

A new trial date has been set for the father of a 21-month-old Ohio girl whose decomposed body was found in a crib

They're accused of falsely reporting the incident and committing an assault themselves

The future of Melissa Harris-Perry's MSNBC talk show was in doubt Friday after the host declared she would not appear this weekend in response to several weeks of its pre-emption by the network. Harris-Perry, who is blac...

Elisa Menzel got inked after being frustrated in social interactions.

Gov. Rick Snyder's departing chief of staff believed it was a mistake to replace Michigan's environmental director over the lead-contaminated drinking water crisis in Flint, according to an email made public Saturday. De...

As red carpet is rolled out for Oscars, study shows women far less likely to have opportunities in film than men.

Sgt. Daron Wyatt with the Anaheim Police Department tells The Associated Press two people who were part of a counter-protest at a KKK gathering Saturday afternoon in Anaheim were stabbed in separate incidents.

Mr. Beall turned Blackberry Farm, his parents' country inn in Tennessee, into a national destination and was a leader in the farm-to-table movement.

Unlike presidential primaries, caucuses are often more confusing and individual to each state. Colorado is no exception. Ahead of Tuesday's caucus -- one of 13 states holding Super Tuesday contests -- some will remember ...