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Russia is saying "your loss" to the International Olympic Committee by hosting its own tournament in Moscow for athletes banned from competing in track and field at Rio. "About 135 track and field athletes are going to c...

SAGAMIHARA, Japan

A California toddler learned the hard way that life’s not a beach -- after someone stole his prosthetic leg on his first ever visit to the shore. Liam Brenes, 4, was having the time of his life Sunday as he soaked up t...

Unrelenting heat with near triple digit temperatures and high winds have fueled raging fires that are massive and still growing.

The latest international federations to ban athletes are canoeing, sailing and modern pentathlon

LAWRENCE, Kan. - Police in Lawrence, Kansas, say a 9-month-old girl’s stepfather is accused of abandoning the infant in a trash bin earlier this month. The Kansas City Star reports that 27-year-old Marquis Jamall Young...

Satoshi Uematsu killed or injured nearly a third of the almost 150 patients at the facility in a matter of 40 minutes

South Korea is accusing rival North Korea of floating propaganda leaflets via a river in the first such incident. …

Two men with ties to ISIS, stormed a church demanding that a priest kneel at the altar and then killed him.

Prosecutors dropped the remaining charges Wednesday against three Baltimore police officers awaiting trial in the death of Freddie Gray, bringing an end to the case without a conviction.

CHAPIN, S.C. -- The owner of a bar and grill where two men were shot to death say the victims were trying to help a woman escape a man attacking her when they were killed.

A growing body of forensic evidence has implicated the Russian government in the breach of emails from Democratic National Committee officials.

The suspect in a stabbing spree in a facility west of Tokyo that left 19 people dead wrote of his "ability to kill" disabled people.

But it's not war of religions

He said they also "had decent lodgings provided by the government"

(Reuters) - Crews battling a deadly wildfire in rugged drought-stricken terrain north of Los Angeles on Wednesday face a second consecutive day of scorching weather and erratic winds that could hinder their efforts.

Manhattan Rep. Jerrold Nadler, who lost more than 100 pounds after lap-band surgery, was caught cutting the line at the kosher-food stand in at the Wells Fargo Center -- skipping a 30-minute wait to grab a couple of past...

The girls are accused of stabbing their classmate 19 times

The European Union's executive refrained Wednesday from calling for heavy fines against Spain and Portugal for breaching budget rules and sought instead to set "new fiscal paths" for the two countries. …

Egypt is in the "final stages" of negotiating an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to secure a much-needed loan of up to $7 billion per year, according to a Cabinet statement. …

There were no reports of any injuries as the crew members were transferred from life rafts to the vessels

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