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Bojack Horseman -- Netflix's wildly bleak cartoon about a washed up sitcom-star who happens to be a horse -- is back for a third season of winks and angst. On Friday, 12 new episodes will drop on Netflix. The new season ...

My previous blogs, The IMF in Denial As to the Realities of the World, Dangers of Demand Driven Capacity Development, and Ostrich-Playing at the IMF & Elsewhere in "This Town", examined how those in power are still in de...

MENEMEN DISTRICT, Turkey -- For generations, Turks have been proud of their army. So sacred is the bond between the nation and its 700,000 plus-member armed forces, the second largest in NATO after the U.S., that new rec...

As the tech industry thrives, San Francisco's African-American population is dwindling and its black middle class has all but disappeared.

Texas, like other states, does not air condition its prisons--and by doing so, it kills people

Mr. Cruz, a former rival, refused to endorse his party's nominee for president and was booed off stage as the convention erupted in an uproar.

Mike Pence gave a rousing acceptance speech as Donald Trump's running mate at Wednesday night's Republican National Convention, and Trump apparently liked the stem-winder. #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/w1gJrt65GN -- Mashable...

Sentencing will be made in three weeks

After recent officer-involved shootings, gangs are mobilizing, says the agency.

China says at least 75 people have died or gone missing since Monday in massive floods across the country's north. …

Tightened border restrictions after last month's deadly bombing are cutting off desperately needed food and water.

A group of gunmen are seeking the release of an opposition figure who was arrested in June

Great white sharks in South Africa could be nearing extinction, according to a new study.

A United Nations envoy hinted Thursday of concerns about how the fallout from Turkey's failed coup could affect talks aimed at reunifying ethnically split Cyprus. …

German airline Lufthansa has warned that flight bookings are down due to extremist attacks in Europe and increased political and economic uncertainties. …

Maine police are looking for a burglar who wore a Donald Trump mask when he broke into two businesses in Buxton early Wednesday morning. Buxton police said the suspect broke into the Low's Variety in Bar Mills and Main S...

"We were scared, we thought we were gone," one officer said.

The Texas senator says Trump never asked for his endorsement.

JOHANNESBURG -- The South African prosecutors’ office said Thursday it will appeal Oscar Pistorius’ six-year jail sentence and seek a longer prison term for the double-amputee athlete, who was convicted of murder for...

Eight Turkish military staff given suspended two-months prison terms for illegal entry into Greece after coup attempt.

French anti-terrorist forces are conducting raids on locations in the northwestern Paris suburb of Argenteuil near a mosque and an Islamic library. …

Why the world needs a better Secretary-General