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The all-time record for rainfall in North Carolina by a tropical cyclone has been broken by Tropical Storm Florence.

Venezuela's crackpot president has another reason not to sleep well at night. The head of the Organization of American States joined President Trump in holding out the threat of a military intervention there to restore d...

Hong Kong and southern China hunkered down under red alert Sunday as strong winds and heavy rain from Typhoon Mangkhut lashed the densely populated coast, a day after the biggest …

Republican legislators have delayed the battle over wall funding until after the midterm elections.

New York federal prosecutors are considering charges against former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig in a probe linked to Paul Manafort, according to a published report. Prosecutors in the US Attorney's Office for th...

Tim Geithner, Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson dealt a catastrophic blow to public faith in American institutions.

If you don't have the right insurance, you may need to pay for damage caused by hurricane flooding.        

Former Trump campaign chair Manafort agreed to fully cooperate with Mueller.

Police in Greece say three migrants were injured when the truck in which they were riding with 38 others crashed through a fence and collided with a parked car outside …

The US emerged from World War II as a superpower aiming to shape the globe in its own image. America's alliance with European powers sought to prevent another catastrophic conflict by founding institutions dedicated to d...

Thousands of people are protesting against the expansion of a coal strip mine in western Germany that would entail the chopping down of an ancient forest. Police in the city …

“Epic” amounts of rain are expected to continue to deluge North Carolina on Sunday, downing trees and causing rivers to overflow in areas already inundated by Florence. The monster storm was downgraded to a tropical ...

The storm has sped up, leaving less time for its drenching rains to saturate the places in its path.

The usual suspects -- Wonder Woman, Spider-Man and Darth Vader -- roamed at Comic Con Africa. A few African characters were also on display: Kwezi, Captain South Africa and Shaka …

The two suspects in the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal have nothing to do with Russian President Vladimir Putin or the Kremlin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying on ...

A well-known notary who twice ran unsuccessfully for president became Haiti's newest prime minister on Sunday after the Lower Chamber of Deputies overwhelmingly approved his political program and cabinet. Jean …

Florence kept dumping rain on North Carolina on Sunday and officials warned residents that "the worst is yet to come" from a storm that has already killed at least eight people, as rivers inland were likely to flood.

Russia and China may have shared interests, but they are not on the verge of a traditional alliance.

Officials say Muslim militants in the southern Philippines have freed three Indonesian men they kidnapped at sea early last year. Police say the Indonesians were freed Friday with the help …

US-backed Haider al-Abadi appears to be losing grip on power as Tehran furthers its influence in Baghdad.

In a rematch one year after a controversial draw, Canelo Alvarez defeated Gennady "GGG" Golovkin on points to win a majority split decision in a middleweight boxing title fight Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Hundreds of grocery stores in the Carolinas remained closed Saturday because of Tropical StormFlorence but many are expected to reopen Sunday.