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Typically, when an athlete goes on to become a legend, their legacy can be traced back to a single breakthrough moment. A time in which they first tasted greatness, broke through and made a name for themselves and then, ...

James Clay had begun serving a 25 - 50 year prison sentence for rape based on DNA. He was released following a Free Press investigation into his case.       

Bernard L. Madoff, 81, pleaded guilty in 2009 to 11 counts of financial crimes after admitting to running a Ponzi scheme.

Two heavily armed teens,including one whose father saysis on a "suicide mission," were the targetsof a nationwide manhunt in Canada Thursday.       

Hundreds of Alaska ferry workers went on strike on Wednesday, likely halting the marine highway system that serves as a lifeline for rural areas.       

The measures would have stopped an imminent shipmentof 124,000 precision-guided missiles and the fuses to detonate them, among other items.       

Four of the world's largest automakers, including the Ford Motor, have struck a deal with California to reduce tailpipe pollution.

Paris soared to a record high of 108 degreesas most of Europe sizzled under its second heat wave of the summer.       

The federal government has not executed an inmate since 2003, a moratorium reversed by the attorney general.

Video shows the boy climbing onto the bag belt before he was dragged away into a TSA bag room

Puerto Ricans on Thursday cheered scandal-ridden Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s announcement that he will resign shortly - but many insisted that they will continue protesting if his tapped successor takes office. Justice Se...

Acting Socialist prime minister loses parliamentary vote, raising chances of fourth election in Spain in as many years.

Footage of a prisoner being beaten was shot on a cellphone and shared on YouTube

There's a major new development in the investigation into the deaths of three people in Canada, including an American woman and her Australian boyfriend. Police say 19-year-old Kam McLeod and 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsk...

Attorney General William Barr announced that the federal government is resuming capital punishment.

Expand Policemen attempt to disperse supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition along Likoni road as they are repulsed from accessing city Centre, in Nairobi, Keny...

A young North Carolina woman's body was recovered days after she jumped off a boat and drowned in a South Carolina lake — and authorities say that many "unanswered questions" remain about the mysterious incident, accor...

Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló's resignation Wednesday will draw cheers from protesters, politicians and financial stakeholders, but his tapped replacement - Justice Secretary Wanda Vazquez Garced - has not elici...

Former special counsel Robert Mueller says Russia is working to interfere in the 2020 U.S. election right now. He made the remark during his second hearing with the House Intelligence Committee. CBS News intelligence and...

A foodborne parasite has been wreaking havoc on people in Massachusetts — with more than 100 cases being reported since May, according to health officials. The microscopic culprit, Cyclospora, had only caused an averag...

During his time in office, Trump has rarely granted clemency to those who have applied through the Justice Department's formal process as Madoff has.       

It is the latest example of courts dealing Trump a setback on immigration policy