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I am slashing my spending and rethinking my bourgeois ways. You should, too.

Forty years after the Camp David accords, we're again at a fateful moment.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) responded Tuesday night to a letter sent earlier in the day from lawyers representing Christine Blasey Ford, the professor who accused Supreme Court nominee Bre...

There could be hundreds of victims

With her air-dried locks, rumpled scarves and heavy-duty boots, Democrat Leslie Cockburn, a first-time candidate for Congress in Virginia, looks every bit the part of the hobbyist rancher. Watching her on the campaign tr...

Students can now wear tube tops, ripped jeans and even pajamas to school in Alameda, Calif., where the district relaxed its dress code in response to complaints that girls were being shamed for what they wear. But not al...

The woman who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart and stood by as her husband repeatedly raped the then-teen 16 years ago was sprung from prison Wednesday. Wanda Barzee was freed from Utah State Prison just after 8 a.m., the Utah ...

FIFA's ethics committee has imposed life bans on three officials for bribery and corruption after they pleaded guilty in the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation of international soccer        

The latest Ebola outbreak in Congo presents complex challenges as the virus spreads for the first time in an area where long-running conflict is hampering aid efforts, the regional Africa …

President Trump said he won’t ask the FBI to look into a California university professor’s allegations that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her during a high school party in 1982. “It would...

President Trump wasn't just cheering on his way to a 9/11 memorial service in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. He was also apparently scoping out ideas for his border wall. While thanking America's "brave patriots" at a somber...

President Donald Trump called on Christine Blasey Ford to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about her claim that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh attempted to sexually assault her as a teen-ager. But he ...

Malaysia's government has come under renewed pressure to outlaw child marriages after another case of a child bride surfaced in a rural state, the second in two months. The New …

Expand Corridor in a care facility for older people. © Flickr The Australian government is taking an important step to investigate potential abuses against older people in care facilities and beyond. On September 16, Au...

A woman came out of the woods along the Massachusetts Turnpike and flagged down a truck to report the incident.

The Latest on the release from prison of former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law on bail after their sentences were suspended. (all times local): 7:20 p.m. …

A 55-year-old woman remained in critical condition Tuesday evening.

Jason Gesser, a former Cougars QB, has resigned from his position in the Washington State athletics department amid misconduct allegations.        

North Carolina estimated on Tuesday that 3.4 million poultry birds and 5,500 hogs died in Hurricane Florence, exceeding the number killed in the state's last major hurricane two years ago.

When two Russians were trotted out to deny British accusations that they tried to kill an ex-spy, few believed them. Maybe no one was really meant to.

Expand Mohammed Taher, 50, a Rohingya refugee holds his son Mohammed Shoaib, 7, outside a medical center at Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on November 5, 2017. His son was shot in the chest before ...

Leaders of South and North Korea held one-on-one talks on the second day of their summit on Wednesday, aiming to announce steps to rekindle stalled negotiations on the North's nuclear program and deepen bilateral ties.