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Doreen St. Félix reviews "New People," the latest novel from Danzy Senna, about black faux-bohemians in brownstone Brooklyn.

The sprinting legend dies after a long battle with multiple sclerosis.

A London mural of Hokusai's Great Wave was nearly destroyed when a drug lab exploded next door, but there are many more on walls around the world.

Authorities said they did not believe Boko Haram was behind the attack

A nationwide manhunt was underway Sunday for an Ohio man who overpowered a sheriff's deputy Friday and fled with the officer's gun.        

The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis, like other U.S. mosques, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. But leaders say they're more frightened after a weekend attack in which an explosive ...

Tillerson spoke to reporters on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit.

Australia's ruling party will attempt to resolve bitter internal differences over gay marriage at a special meeting on Monday aimed at containing a rift that threatens the prime minister's leadership.

Beijing called on its neighbor to halt its missile and nuclear tests

A 3-year-old girl is in stable condition after falling from the balcony of the Carnival cruise ship late last week. The incident took place on Friday afternoon aboard the Carnival Breeze, which was heading back to Galves...

President Trump is vexed and annoyed, irritated and infuriated, miffed and maddened by the ongoing investigation into his campaign's potential collusion with Russia. It's all fake news, a witch hunt, a made-up deal, or a...

The revelation that Fox News made contact with the White House over a false and malicious story could spell trouble for the network - and the president In the early hours of Sunday 10 July 2016, Seth Rich, a 27-year-old ...

Selling wine and beer next to food 'normalises' a dangerous drug and should be sold at specific outlets The New Zealand Medical Association has called for a ban on selling alcohol in supermarkets, saying that having it n...

Differences inside the cabinet have hindered talks, a former head of the diplomatic service says.

President Trump said Sunday night he spoke with South Korean President Moon Jae-in about new United Nations Security Council sanctions against North Korea, approved Saturday in response to the country's recent interconti...

Family car with three children inside is fired on west of Rio after apparently misunderstanding drug gang's orders A British woman has been shot at a holiday hotspot near Rio after her family mistakenly drove into a fave...

Mexican officials say gunmen have attacked a group at a beach in the Los Cabos tourist region at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. Bullets killed three men …

It's the second time the competition has been held in the US.

Swiss former attorney general investigating Syria atrocities says: 'I have no power as long as the security council does nothing' A member of the UN commission of inquiry on Syria said on Sunday she was quitting because ...

The US vice-president dismisses as "absurd" a report suggesting that he is preparing to stand.

CLINTON, Mo. -- Authorities are searching for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a western Missouri police officer during a traffic stop, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Monday. Clinton police officer Gary Michael...

Monday morning marks the start of the first full week of President Donald Trump's vacation. After the rockiest first six months of any modern presidency, a new chief of staff has offered a glimmer of hope -- just in time...