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The third outing for the Halifax-based series sees tensions grow - as familiar and new characters steer an emotional rollercoaster Ackley Bridge (Channel 4) opens its third series with a scream. Lots of screaming, in fac...

A department with a record number of shootings last year was shown on video aiming a gun in a shoplifting case. Critics say officers routinely blame residents for their use of force.

The businessman sent the clip to 30 people and described it as "awesome"

Just hours after announcing the United States planned on cutting off aid to Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, the State Department on Monday night said it will move forward with $432 million in projects and grants al...

Venezuela on Monday freed opposition lawmaker Gilber Caro, who was detained in April in what allies said was a violation of his parliamentary immunity, the opposition-controlled National Assembly said on Twitter.

A friend of the ex-Arkansas state senator found shot dead in her home this month was charged with her murder on Monday. Rebecca Lynn O’Donnell, 48, was ordered held without bond after being charged with capital murder,...

Historians say it's far from certain that James Buchanan was gay

HONOLULU -- Soon after a Honolulu prosecutor and her police chief husband were indicted and accused of a fraud scheme that funded their lavish lifestyle, they told a judge they couldn't pay for lawyers to represent them....

The earthquake measured at magnitude 6.0 when in it struck late Monday night.       

National Guardsman Tony Grier was so nervous to pull off this homecoming for his partner, he asked for an emergency beer to get through each anxious moment.       

Global stocks rallied on Tuesday and benchmark government bond yields tumbled after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi hinted at economic stimulus, while equities got an extra boost when U.S. President Donald T...

Modern Egypt's first democratically elected leader, Mohamed Mursi, was buried in a small family ceremony on Tuesday, a day after suffering a fatal heart attack in court at a Cairo prison, his sons said.

After weeks of speculation, it looks like it's official. President Trump on Tuesday broke the news that he will indeed be meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, as the two...

One by one, the lawyers representing the movie producer against sexual assault charges in Manhattan have bowed out.

President Trump confirmed he will meet with President Xi Jinping next week, as the United States and China try to restart stalled progress toward a trade deal

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan announced 1,000 additional U.S. troops would be sent to the Middle East, as the Trump administration blames Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week. CBS...

Giuseppina Robucci was just two months younger than the current oldest living person

A former gym teacher at an Ohio elementary school allegedly touched 28 first-grade girls inappropriately, often grabbing their backsides or positioning them to straddle him, a prosecutor said. John Austin Hopkins, 25, of...

Mumps cases continue to rise among immigrants detained at the border. ICE confirms 334 cases across 39 different detention centers. A recent report cites the sanitary condition within the centers as a primary reason for ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency said the quake registered magnitude 6.8

Boris Johnson got a further boost in his campaign to become Britain's prime minister on Tuesday when a second former rival in the race backed him to lead the country out of its Brexit crisis.

President Trump said on Monday that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency will start to remove from the United States millions of immigrants who have entered the country illegally. “Next week ICE will begin th...