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Mystery author Sue Grafton died Thursday at the age of 77. The Louisville, Kentucky native had been battling cancer and passed away in Santa Barbara, California, her family announced.

Uri Ariel works with rabbis to bring worshippers to Western Wall as country struggles with long-running water shortage With technology coming up short, Israel's agriculture minister sought an unconventional solution on T...

A possible plan to move the city's dogs onto a plant-based diet has the backing of prominent vegans such as Moby, but others warn it could get messy Proponents say it will make Los Angeles the world's progressive capital...

President Trump's interview Thursday with The New York Times only lasted 30 minutes, but it was enough time for Trump to declare he knows more about "the big bills" than "any president that's ever been in office," share ...

The creation of the performer Ayesha Jordan and the director Charlotte Brathwaite will be hosting get-down parties at the Public Theatre.

A fire that broke out Thursday night in a five-story New York City apartment building quickly grew into a four-alarm blaze, leaving at least 12 people dead and 15 injured, fire officials said. About 170 firefighters work...

During one day this week, 68 Yemeni civilians, including at least eight children and 14 members of the same family, were killed when a Saudi Arabia-led coalition conducted two air strikes in the country, U.N. Humanitaria...

Artists, politicians and groups send messages of hope to anti-police brutality campaigner and daughter of Eric Garner.

Some pretty crazy things happen in 49 of America’s 50 states. Then there’s Florida. Florida is a category unto itself. It’s so crazy that there are Twitter accounts dedicated to the antics of the zany men and women...

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he thinks special counsel Robert Mueller is "going to be fair" in his investigation into possible collusion between Trump's team and Russian officials.

President Nicolas Maduro has accused Portugal of being behind a pork shortage that left thousands of Venezuela's poor without their traditional Christmas dinner and sparked a fresh round of angry street protests.

A nuclear scientist who defected from North Korea committed suicide in a jail cell rather than return to the hermit kingdom, according to reports. The lead researcher at the physics center of the State Academy of Science...

HOUSTON -- Authorities say an intoxicated Dallas woman who was on a first date with a prominent Houston trial lawyer caused at least $300,000 in damage to his art collection, including two Andy Warhol paintings. Lindy Lo...

Russia's space experts say they have managed to regain control of Angola's first satellite launched earlier this week. The Russian-built satellite successfully entered a designated orbit after Tuesday's launch from …

For nearly three decades, Finland's YLE radio has broadcast a weekly news program in Latin to a small group of committed listeners around the globe.

A young bartender was found murdered in a UK park after failing to show up at her friends’ house for Christmas — and authorities believe she had been stabbed in the stomach, according to new reports. Iuliana Tudos, 2...

In addition to its usual army of snipers, bag-inspecting officers and metal detectors, the NYPD this year is relying on help from a growing corps of “vapor wake” dogs.        

A chip shop owner and a second man are both charged with preparing an act of terrorism.

The United passenger who had her first-class seat handed over to a Democratic congresswoman said her gripes about it had nothing to do with race. Jean-Marie Simon, a Washington, DC, teacher, was outraged when the airline...

A team of Polish climbers has set off to attempt the first-ever winter ascent of K2, the world's second-tallest mountain.

Iran's semi-official ILNA news agency is reporting that authorities have arrested a small number of demonstrators in Tehran protesting price hikes and the president's economic policy.

At least 10 people were killed Friday after an unidentified gunmen opened fire outside a church south of Cairo, according to Egyptian officials.