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The tallest water slide in the world claimed the life of a 10-year-old boy on Sunday -- prompting officials to shut down the 17-story ride and open an investigation, according to a report. Caleb Thomas Schwab, who is the...

Officials said the boy died on the Schlitterbahn Waterpark's main attraction, the Verruckt, a 168-foot-tall water slide

Incidents, including a mugging of a security chief and an assault on a Portuguese official, are piling up, while the show of force has raised concerns about overly aggressive policing.

Authorities in San Francisco said Saturday that a 20-year-old man was shot and killed while playing Pokemon GO at a tourist attraction along the city's waterfront.

A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer arrived in the northern Chinese port of Qingdao on Monday in the first visit by an American warship to the country since Beijing responded angrily to an arbitration panel's ruling tha...

Karina Vetrano was assaulted and strangled while jogging near her home in Queens, New York.

Are the locals taking their love of the game too far?

Officials are not sure how the accident happened.

A 10-year-old boy died Sunday on the tallest water slide in the world at the Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City, Kansas. 12-year-old dies on world's tallest water slide at Schlitterbahn in Kansas. Riders go down a 1...

Evan McMullin faces a major uphill climb to qualify for ballot access.

Dozens dead as Tropical Storm Earl causes landslides across Mexico.

"I was just so thankful that my dad could be here with us today in spirit and a piece of his physical being as well"

In a rare televised speech, Japan's Akihito has addressed his people directly about his declining health.

Sajedeh Norouzi jumped to her feet, both arms reached high into the air, beaming as she waved a small Iranian flag from side to side. Again and again. …

Australia's treasurer said Monday that national security would be his overriding consideration when he makes a decision on whether to allow a Chinese consortium to lease a major Sydney electricity grid. …

They're on opposite sides now. But Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined forces in the 1980s to make themselves and America great. Trump hired Andrew Cuomo's law firm when A...

The United States proposed on Sunday that the United Nations Security Council authorize a 4,000-strong force to ensure peace in South Sudan's capital Juba and threaten to impose an arms embargo if the transitional govern...

In an interview with Politico, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) said he does not think pregnant women with the Zika virus should have the right to an abortion. The Zika virus is linked to severe birth defects in babies born ...

Japan will tune in to Emperor Akihito's rare video message Monday following reports that he would abdicate in the next few years, which initially came as shock but was welcomed …

Ohio Gov. John Kasich predicted on Sunday that Donald Trump would have a "really, really difficult" time winning the battleground Buckeye State. Continuing to withhold his endorsement, Kasich said his former primary riva...

That's all folks! I'm out. Embracing the presidential aspirations of Donald Trump was, from the start, an exercise in magical thinking. In my heart, I wanted the smack-talking, hair-challenged, self-absorbed New York Cit...

A 34-year-old Nebraska woman has died after she was hit on a bicycle while taking part in the Ironman Boulder race.