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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.

Japan's Emperor Akihito is set to deliver his second ever televised address to the nation, after reports he wants to step down in coming years.

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.

While some work is good for your brain, doing more than 60 hours a week into your 40s is worse than doing nothing, according to a recent survey Working full-time after the age of 40 is not good for the brain. Doing more...

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

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...

The Australian embassy in Afghanistan is seeking to verify reports of kidnapping of pair who worked at American University of Afghanistan Armed men have abducted an Australian academic and an American professor in the Af...

Dozens of people died in Quetta, Pakistan, on Monday as an explosion, apparently caused by a suicide bomber, rocked a hospital.

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

Dozens dead as Tropical Storm Earl causes landslides across Mexico.

Music festivals including Glastonbury have become a hotbed of measles this summer, Public Health England has warned.

"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.

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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...