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Some years ago, a newspaper article credited a European visitor with the wry observation that Americans are charming because they have such short memories.

An Idaho teacher who suggested that Boise's mayor should "get laid" by Black Lives Matter members is now out of a job, district officials said. Rita Soltesz, who formerly taught music at the Idaho Fine Arts Academy and E...

The father of murdered 5-year-old AJ Freund of Crystal Lake may be nearing a plea deal, his attorney suggested in court Thursday.

Police discovered illegal drugs and a cache of weapons, including an AK-47 style rifle, four handguns (two with laser attachments), ammunition and body armor, at the scene of a shooting that left one person dead and seve...

The beer, Pride and Parquet, will be released in the late fall or early winter.

NASA is launching an extraordinarily complex and ambitious mission to Mars​.

The Philadelphia-born emcee, whose real name is Malik Abdul Basit, was a major contributor to the group.

The court ordered the city and the prefecture to provide the same government medical benefits as given to other survivors

Police in Germany might now search a second hidden cellar for possible remains left behind by the prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case. Even as police and cadaver dogs probed a first hidden cellar on Thursday — o...

Police say a Rhode Island man apparently drowned after jumping into the water to save three teenagers caught in a rip current

Federal agents tear-gassed the demonstrators. It was the 62nd nights in a row of demonstrations there.

The Kenyan government will dispatch a fact-finding mission to the Lebanese capital to look into reports of mistreatment at the country's consulate, according to a government official.

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer is recommending the city’s Metro Council declare racism a public health emergency. Two members of Fischer’s administration made the case to the council Wednesday in light of the coronavi...

"Carbon neutral by 2:30 tomorrow afternoon? Wow, that Biden climate change plan is ambitious!"

He led the island's transition away from a police state to one of Asia's most vibrant democracies. His insistence that Taiwan be treated as a sovereign state angered Beijing, which considers it part of its territory.

Some Chicago-area Catholic schools plan to use an outside company to deliver remote learning for families who choose it -- at the same tuition cost.

The arrests, carried out by the local police, appeared to be the first to target activists under the law, which the Chinese government imposed on the city a month ago.

Police have deployed helicopters and boats to track sharks on the coastlines of Long Island and Maine after a New York City woman was fatally attacked by a great white this week -- and several other sightings startled be...

Two beaches were also closed in Massachusetts on Wednesday after great whites were spotted off shore.

President Donald Trump Thursday suggested delaying the presidential election over his persistent false attacks that mail-in voting would lead to a false results.

Police say a Massachusetts man was fatally injured in an altercation in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant in Auburn, Maine

The Oregon governor announced there will be a "phased withdrawal" of federal officers from Portland.