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Caretaker Jim Kowalczik comforted the 24-year-old Kodiak bear who was suffering from an unknown illness.

An off-duty police commander who responded to a call was fatally shot Tuesday in downtown Chicago, the city's top officer said.

A drunken argument after a party Saturday led to the fatal shooting of a 46-year-old man in East Chicago, according to court records. Tyray L. Tolbert, 32, of East Chicago, was charged Tuesday with murder in the death of...

It was a hair-raising historical discovery. A shabby, leather-bound almanac from 1793 sat long-forgotten on a shelf at Union College's library in upstate Schenectady -- until an ­archivist surveying some of the school's...

A district judge ruled that the President relied on flawed legal positions

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is being criticized for referring to the "Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement" while speaking to a group of sheriffs.        

The White House has shifted its story about how and when members of the administration learned about the domestic abuse allegations that forced a top aide to resign.

A French court is expected to hand down a verdict for a man accused of harboring killers who carried out the 2015 Paris attacks, in the first trial related to …

A company linked to President Trump’s sons owns a 171-acre hunting preserve upstate that is being used as a private shooting range and has riled neighbors and ruined the hamlet’s quiet vibe, according to a report on ...

"We're excited to have Quinn to help our readers understand what's possible and what's sensible," the Times said in a statement.

Reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joseph (Skinny Joey) Merlino's claim that he gave up crime is as thin as his nickname, a prosecutor said.

A county judge, a pastor and aBroadway actor performing in a traveling production of "The King & I"wereamong six men arrested in Florida sting.        

A suspected poacher who was killed and eaten by the pride of lions he was stalking has been named as David Baloyi, 50, who had crossed over the South African border to hunt game. Baloyi and two other armed men had trekke...

President Trump unveiled his 2019 budget plan, here are five takeaways that will affect the American people.        

"Melania, I just wanted to say, from the bottom of my heart, which, by the way is so strong," Trump says in the spliced-together clip.        

Mexico's Interior Department says the federal intelligence agency sent a plainclothes agent to tail an opposition presidential candidate, even though the candidate never asked for and apparently did not want …

Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili flew to the Netherlands, his wife's home country, on Wednesday after being ejected from Ukraine into neighboring Poland. It was not immediately clear how long …

The House Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into the scandal involving former White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter, committee chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) confirmed Wednesday. Porter resigned last ...

Mexican authorities say dozens of dolphins have been found stranded on a rocky beach along the coast of Baja California Sur state. The federal environmental protection agency says 54 of …

Avichai Mandelblit, a former aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will be the one to decide if Mr. Netanyahu will be formally charged.

A building collapsed in a busy part of Sri Lanka's capital on Wednesday, killing at least seven people, police said. Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said firefighters and police were searching …

Hundreds of pro-Islamist university students have rallied in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore to show their opposition to Valentine's Day. Wednesday's rally came days after Pakistan's media regulatory authority, based �...