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An overpass collapsed Thursday in the Indian city of Kolkata, crushing vehicles below it, killing 15 people and leaving dozens missing, authorities said.

President Obama on Wednesday commuted the prison sentences of 61 nonviolent drug ­offenders -- more than a third of whom were serving life sentences. While all are behind bars for drug possession, intent to distribute o...

A white San Francisco State University student who was confronted by an African American woman about his dreadlocks in a heated argument caught on video says he doesn't want her arrested

Gail Minglana Martinez, a Texas native and wife of an Air Force lieutenant colonel, was one of the people killed in the Brussels attacks, a US congressman said Wednesday. Martinez, 41, was identified as a victim by the o...

Vietnam's parliament on Thursday elected Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan as its chairwoman, making her the first woman to lead the Communist-dominated legislature. …

The caravan of trucks rumbles across the narrow bridge, inching along as they wait their turn to enter North Korea.

Some first-graders planned to poison another child, but thanks to other students who spoke up, everyone is safe.

In sweeping defeat for United Nations prosecutors, Yugoslav war crimes tribunal acquits Serbian ultranationalist politician Vojislav Seselj of responsibility for atrocities by Serbian paramilitaries in Bosnia and Croatia...

Several reported dead and dozens trapped under rubble as under-construction overpass collapses in eastern city.

Italian authorities and the victim's family have rejected the official explanation for his death

The scandal intensifies around Malaysia's embattled leader

The Australian government has warned its citizens against traveling to the Turkish cities of Ankara and Istanbul because of the terrorist threat

Authorities say at least nine people were injured in northeastern Oklahoma after severe storms spawned multiple tornado touchdowns Wednesday night

Tips from a (nice) stand-up comedian

Does America have a functional center-right political party? There's cause for doubt. For starters, the GOP frontrunner is Donald Trump, a candidate with apparently near-zero grasp of public policy or understanding of th...

They said he misspoke about women deserving "some form of punishment"

Hungary's Constitutional Court has struck down a law meant to shield the central bank from scrutiny over the use of public funds

Islamic State posted pictures on the Internet calling on German Muslims to carry out Brussels-style attacks in Germany, singling out Chancellor Angela Merkel’s offices and the Cologne-Bonn airport as targets, the SITE ...

Political tensions are bubbling between Algeria's governing party and the opposition as threats of Islamic extremist violence and low oil prices that are pummeling the energy-dependent economy. …

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Diane Staudte killed her husband and son in the span of just five months.

Mikaila Ulmer had received a $60,000 investment on Shark Tank for her BeeSweet lemonade