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Thousands of Palestinians marched to Gaza's border with Israel on Friday in the largest such demonstration in recent memory, and 15 were killed by Israeli fire on the first day of what Hamas organizers said will be six w...

Our attitudes are finally catching up to gambling's long history with sports -- and a billion-dollar industry.

Ukraine's activists and journalists fighting corruption in the country will have to publicly disclose their personal assets beginning this Sunday or face up to two years in prison. In recent years, anti-corruption campai...

The video shows Officer Blane Salamoni telling Mr. Sterling he is going to shoot him in the head. Moments later, Mr. Sterling is hit by a taser and then fatally shot.

The other officer who was involved in the shooting was suspended for three days.

The White House spent more than $27,000 to track news stories in early March, according to a report - and okayed the payment the day after a major development in the Stormy Daniels saga. The money went to TVEyes, a compa...

Khalifa Sall, Dakar's mayor, plans to appeal against his five-year sentence for corruption, claiming that the trial is politically motivated and intended to end his campaign for president next year.

Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, has vowed to sign the measure, representing a remarkable departure from the state's existing gun laws, some of the weakest in the country.

WATERBURY, Conn. -- Authorities say a Connecticut fifth-grader has been disciplined for bringing a knife to school and allegedly trying to attack another student with it. Robert Brenker, director of personnel for Waterbu...

Discussions on some policy issues, such as gun control and criminal justice reform, were pushed back until after the April 1 budget deadline.

SAN FRANCISCO -- California Gov. Jerry Brown has pardoned five ex-convicts facing deportation, including two who fled the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia four decades ago. The men were among 56 receiving pardons Friday. B...

President Trump reiterated his displeasure with internet retail giant Amazon in a pair of tweets early Saturday: While we are on the subject, it is reported that the U.S. Post Office will lose $1.50 on average for each p...

Police say a brother and sister were held prisoners against their will by relatives for over seven months near the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki and forced, under threats of violence, to transfer large amounts to t...

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for "an independent and transparent investigation" into deadly clashes in Gaza between Palestinians and Israeli troops as Security Council members urge restraint and low...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.

Many victims of the Spanish Civil War and the rule of General Franco were buried anonymously in mass graves, but a team of archaeologists is trying to identify some of the bodies and inform relatives of their fate.

Conservative rocker Ted Nugent blasted survivors of the Parkland shooting, claiming there's "irrefutable" evidence that "they have no soul."

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai returned to her hometown in Pakistan on Saturday for the first time since 2012, when she was shot by a Taliban militant.

Robbers armed with a handgun and a metal pipe committed four carjackings on the West Side in the past week, Chicago police said. In each case, one to five men approached the vehicles in the West Garfield Park neighborhoo...

Perched on a green hilltop, Kurdish and Arab fighters face a tense front line separating them from Turkish-backed forces in this part of northern Syria.

Cuomo said he would continue to press for approval of the Child Victims Act and other policy matters that were left out of the budget.

Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies are gearing up to secure the Boston Marathon