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A judge in Paraguay releases the footballer after his detention for a forged passport.

When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took three days off for a summer vacation last week and used one of them to get a physical exam, it opened a political Pandora's Box.

Trade negotiators from the two countries met by videoconference to review the progress in enacting their trade deal.

Kim Jong Un pauses major weapons tests as he contends with a faltering economy, coronavirus defense and flood damage.

Jerry Falwell Jr. warned the pool boy his wife was having an affair with not to make her jealous with stories of other hook-ups, according to audio of their phone call published Monday. The pool boy in question, 29-year-...

Many experts -- including a scientist who worked on the Mayo Clinic study -- were bewildered about where a key statistic came from.

Ken Hinds launches legal challenge against Met police over alleged discrimination A black community activist has accused police of discrimination after he was threatened with arrest and prosecution for organising an upco...

More than a dozen people were arrested, including two minors, after protesters set up tents outside the Loop headquarters of Chicago Public Schools on Monday to protest the stationing of police officers in schools.

Growing up as a Sikh boy in South Texas, Simran Jeet Singh longed for books with characters who looked like him and his family. But each visit to a bookstore or library ended in disappointment.

A small militia of heavily armed civilians protected a gas station from being torched in Kenosha, Wisconsin following the police shooting of Jacob Blake — imploring rioters not to “f–k up” their own neighborhood....

The dad of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, says his son was left paralyzed from the waist down.

LNU Lightning Complex and SCU Lightning Complex fires partially contained Hope as warning lifted and deadliest blaze is 25% contained Explainer: how did they start - and is this normal? Sign up to our First Thing newslet...

Government's efforts to contain the coronavirus have now become entangled in a conflict with some religious groups.

Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host and current Trump campaign senior advisor, gave a bizarre, almost militaristically enthusiastic speech Monday night, the first night of the Republican National Convention. It wa...

The University of Alabama reported more than 500 new coronavirus cases from tests administered since classes resumed last Wednesday. The university's main campus in Tuscaloosa registered 531 infections between students, ...

Responding to outcries from medical experts, the commissioner corrects himself.

Tropical Storm Laura was upgraded to a hurricane Tuesday morning, as the storm swirled closer to the Gulf Coast, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. Laura was traveling west-northwest at 17 mph and about 625 miles...

Members of the Trump administration are giving indirect, and sometimes mixed, answers on the president's position on QAnon, a baseless conspiracy theory the FBI has called a potential domestic terror threat. Last week, P...

Democratic Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones bashed his party and declared his ardent support for President Trump in a speech Monday night at the 2020 Republican National Convention. Jones, who was elected to the Georgia H...

Senior U.S. and Chinese officials said they were committed to carrying out the Phase One trade accord between the two nations, the two governments said, after the sides discussed the pact on Monday evening.

The only thing he can hope for is fear itself.

A Chicago nun made headlines this week when she ran a marathon - on a treadmill. Not only did Sister Stephanie Baliga break a world record, she also raised money for a cause close to her heart.