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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.

The US admits there are strong doubts the truce will last, but says it offers the "best chance to reduce the violence".

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...

An escaped "unicorn" was rescued after a four-hour chase through the streets of Madera County in California.

Tributes are paid to two sisters from Sheffield and a man from Kent who were found dead near a waterfall in Vietnam.

Protesters take part in a march through central London to oppose the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapon system, as Angus Crawford reports.

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...

A bus attempts to cross a fast-flowing river in Peru as heavy rains continue to cause severe flooding and landslides in the country. Overflow from the Quilca River in the South of the country has caused wide-spread disru...

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. …

At our weatherboard infants' school in the bush, the memorably severe Miss Cashman had to get us to safety when the bushfire came Our poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, writes poems that must be blessings for schoolteachers...

Counting in the Republic of Ireland's election is due to begin at 09:00 local time on Saturday.

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.

Activists have staged a symbolic burial of the Guanabara Bay, the sewage-filled Rio de Janeiro waterway where Olympic sailing competitions are to be held. …

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