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The Russian woman busted in a shakedown of hooker-loving Eliot Spitzer was hauled into court Thursday to face charges that she extorted $400,000 from the former "Love Gov" -- but it looks like her fate may already be sea...

Slash, the guitarist of rock band Guns 'N' Roses, has accused his estranged wife, Perla Ferrar Hudson, of bigamy.

Two newly elected pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmakers barred for insulting China in their swearing-in ceremony have set off another round of disorder by scuffling with guards as they tried to retake their oaths in the cham...

Vietnamese authorities have seized 446 kilograms (981 pounds) of ivory illegally shipped from Nigeria after finding 3.5 tons at the same port last month, an official said Wednesday. The ivory …

Missing plane Malaysia Airlines MH370 was plunging towards the sea with no one in control when it made its last satellite communication, new analysis reveals.

In his 1961 farewell address, President Dwight Eisenhower famously warned America about the "unwarranted influence" of a "military-industrial complex." Were he speaking today, Ike might be warning about a media-political...

Darrell Issa has been acting strangely. Over the weekend, the eight-term Republican congressman from southern California's 49th district, embarked on a bike ride across the region, pausing at local businesses for photo o...

A close friend of President Park Geun-hye is accused of pulling government strings from the shadows

Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial minority in the US and they are turning Democratic.

A piece of torn notebook paper helped free a Louisiana woman who was held against her will in a trailer, police said.

A judge has rejected New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposal to appoint a civilian monitor of the New York Police Department's counter-terrorism units, saying it doesn't go far enough. The proposal was part of a lawsuit...

Rescue helicopters have brought Castelluccio di Norcia the bare necessities -- food and water -- but little else

The murder trial of a former South Carolina policeman who shot an unarmed black motorist last year opened on Monday with jury selection, putting the national spotlight back on a case that triggered national concerns abou...

Donald Trump wants voters with "buyers' remorse" to go back to the polls and switch their vote.

It seems everyone has an opinion about the U.S. presidential election, including Iran's supreme leader. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticized both Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump in a …

American efforts to contain Chinese ambitions in the South China Sea depend on a ring of allies, but the region's united front may be crumbling.

With the presidential election days away, Americans are choosing between a woman who has spent decades in the public sector and a man who has spent decades in business.

(Reuters) - Two police officers were shot and killed in the Des Moines, Iowa, area in separate "ambush-style attacks" on Wednesday, and police were searching for the shooter or shooters, NBC News reported.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insists his ravaged nation is "much better than before" the civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of ­civilians and destroyed cities. In an interview Monday with The New York T...

On bright-pink billboards across the Nicaraguan capital, President Daniel Ortega looms triumphantly over motorists ahead of next Sunday's vote, where he's considered a shoo-in. He's almost never alone in those …

All 33 coal miners trapped underground in a gas explosion earlier this week have been found dead, state media reported Wednesday, as work safety officials vowed to punish those responsible. …

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will discuss possible joint military and police operations with Malaysia to quell Abu Sayyaf militant kidnappings of sailors along the countries' sea border, saying that the …