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Attorney General Jeff Sessions is considering the appointment of a special counsel to investigate several GOP allegations of misdeeds by Hillary Clinton, according to a report Monday night. Sessions wants prosecutors to ...

Clive Hamilton blames Beijing for the hold-up to his book Silent Invasion

A Texas man shot his wife before turning the gun on himself, just days after moving into a new home, officials said. Authorities received a call Sunday morning from 26-year-old Rachel Butler saying that her husband shot ...

Mexican immigration officials say an armed gang killed two Central American migrants and wounded at least one in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz. The immigration agency says a group …

During a weekend trip to Roy Moore's hometown of Gadsden, Alabama, The New Yorker's Charles Bethea spoke with and messaged more than a dozen local residents who said they've heard over the years that Moore, the Republica...

The FDA will warn consumers to stop using an herbal supplement called kratom that claims to ease symptoms of opioid withdrawal.        

Trump was enthusiastic about WikiLeaks' hacks during the 2016 campaign. After taking office, his administration has been less complimentary about leaks.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California ruled on Monday that President Trump's latest version of a travel ban can go partially into effect, letting the government deny entry into the country of people who hai...

Rebuked on a pop tax, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Monday proposed cutting $200 million through a mix of laying off midlevel managers, holding the line on raises and requiring workers to take unpaid da...

Country singer Jason Aldean is giving his first interview since the mass shooting in Las Vegas that occurred during one of his shows. In an excerpt from an upcoming interview, Aldean recounts the moment he realized he an...

JACKSON, Miss. -- Police in Mississippi’s capital city are charging a 15-year-old boy as an adult, saying he shot a 14-year-old girl in the head. Jackson Police spokesman Sgt. Roderick Holmes said that police arrested ...

Police are asking members of the public to live stream footage of crimes on their mobile phones under a controversial new pilot scheme. Gwent Police is now the first force in the UK to use ‘999eye’ which will ask wit...

Just about every week day, I grab a Tribune pool car and set out alone into the flat expanse of Chicagoland in search of something delicious to eat. More often than not, I encounter the kind of solid fare that any neighb...

Slovenia has canceled the planned deportation of a Syrian asylum-seeker following a public outcry. Prime Minister Miro Cerar said Tuesday the government will consider granting a residence permit to Ahmad …

The driver recorded the incident on his phone before calling police.

The Latest on the global climate talks taking place in Germany (all times local): 3:40 p.m. Brazil says the rate of deforestation in its Amazon conservation areas fell by 28 percent over the past year, the second lowest ...

The Republicans in the House look like they have the votes to pass their big tax policy bill, which is scheduled to come up for a vote this week, because none of the big factions in the chamber are decidedly against the ...

The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Yemen's Shiite rebels bombed the airport in the rebel-held capital, Sanaa, on Tuesday, Yemeni officials said, though there were conflicting reports as to the extension …

President Trump offered to return a Filipino fugitive who had fled to the US — and did not discuss human rights at all with strongman Rodrigo Duterte, with whom he said he has a "great relationship," according to a rep...

An Italian diocese is defending its decision to ordain a seminarian accused in a book and an investigative TV report of having engaged in gay sex with a fellow teenager …

The Polish prime minister says her government has won its dispute with the European Union over migration and that the EU has even changed its own stance on the matter thanks to the "influence of Poland's resolute and uny...