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Five people remained trapped and more than 170 others unaccounted for as several buildings collapsed after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday near the coast of Taiwan.

"Son of Sam" killer David Berkowitz was recently re-hospitalized following a heart procedure but is on the mend.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals finalized on Tuesday a $25 million settlement for students who say they were swindled by the now-defunct Trump University. The settlement can go forward now that the court rejected an app...

Just three months after a wave of sexual misconduct allegations slammed into Washington, Congress actually did something about it. On Tuesday, the House voted to change decades-old procedures for how staffers report sexu...

Thousands of African asylum seekers on Wednesday protested outside the Rwandan Embassy in Israel, calling on the African country not to cooperate with an Israeli plan to deport them. Israel …

A man killed his wife, dismembered her body and carried it aboard a train in a suitcase before burning her remains in California, cops said.

Amnesty International has accused the Assad regime of showing "utter contempt" of international law following a chlorine gas attack on the town of Saraqib Sunday.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that without accelerated action 68 million girls could be subjected to female genital mutilation by 2030. He said in a statement on International Day …

The president has said so many outrageous things that his latest outbursts no longer shock, but seem more of the same.

In the latest battle in the voting wars in North Carolina, the Supreme Court blocked part of a lower court order revising voting districts there.

He couldn't dodge this draft.

The Leipzig Zoo says a baby gorilla born in December is a boy and has been named Kio, meaning "the Strong." Kio lived up to his name Wednesday, holding on …

Veterans compared his plans to North Korea, China and Russia.

President Trump still wants to sit down with special counsel Robert Mueller -- despite his lawyers urging him not to accept an interview.

Police and Child Protective Services are investigating the allegations.

Germany's top two political parties broker coalition deal, with Merkel set to continue as chancellor for a fourth term.

A Massachusetts woman stabbed her 8-year-old son 50 times with a kitchen knife as part of a "voodoo" ritual before killing her 5-year-old son because she "failed" with the older boy, authorities said. Prosecutors said La...

The Latest on the situation in Syria (all times local): 3:15 p.m. The Russian military is blaming unidentified foreign powers of supporting al-Qaida-linked militants in Syria. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman …

As the Winter Olympics prepare to begin in South Korea, some are using the event to shine a spotlight on the Korean dog meat trade.        

Vice president for student and campus life Ryan Lombardi said in a statement that the fraternity's behavior was "abhorrent".        

Vice President Mike Pence's presence in Asia this week, and his attendance of the Opening Ceremony in Pyeongchang on Friday, is meant to send a message of resolve to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Based on his comments...

American adolescents watch much more pornography than their parents know -- and it's shaping their ideas about pleasure, power and intimacy. Can they be taught to see it more critically?