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A Florida elementary school principal is under investigation for whacking a 6-year-old girl with a paddle in a shocking incident that was captured on video by the student’s mom, according to a local report. Melissa Car...

Argentina coronavirus cases hit 3 million on Sunday since the pandemic began, as medical workers said hospitals were full to capacity despite toughened government measures to bring down the spread of infections. The coun...

Representatives of the world's richest countries will meet face-to-face this week for the first time in two years.

A suspected smuggling boat capsized on Sunday morning off the San Diego coast, breaking apart after it hit a reef near the Cabrillo National Monument, officials said. At least three people on the boat died and 27 have be...

The reunions are expected to occur sometime between Monday and Wednesday.

Dr Shanna Swan has spent more than 20 years examining how chemicals in plastics are causing our fertility to decline - and what we can do about it Shanna Swan, a professor of environmental medicine and public health at M...

India is experiencing the world's worst COVID-19 outbreak, with a record 3,689 confirmed deaths and nearly 393,000 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours. To help, several foreign governments on Sunday pledged to send a...

A lesbian couple has inspired thousands with their election as prom King and Queen by their peers at an Ohio high school.

The legal limit on the number of mourners at funerals will be lifted on 17 May, the government has confirmed.

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.

Deer can regrow their antlers, and humans can replace their liver. What else might be possible?

Hillary Clinton on Sunday warned that the US could face "huge consequences" from President Biden's decision to pull all US troops out of Afghanistan.

Two weather systems, one starting in the Gulf Coast area and the other one in the Mountain West, will bring significant changes early this week.      

The high-profile 20-year-old conviction of a California man accused of murdering his pregnant wife and dumping her body in San Francisco Bay, may yet be aired anew. Scott Peterson, who was convicted of murdering Laci Pet...

Foreign ministers at a London summit pledge $15bn (£10.8bn) to help women in developing countries.

A tree fell on an occupied portable toilet in Gettysburg National Military Park, trapping a man who was using the john.

A birthday party turned into a horror show Saturday as the roof deck of a Tennessee restaurant collapsed during a family photo under the weight of 40 people, injuring 11, two critically.

Prime minister has been coming under pressure from allies to take a tougher approach towards country's largest trading partner New Zealand's differences with China are becoming "harder to reconcile," the prime minister J...

Ramadan is marked by Muslims worldwide - but some UK mosques aren't letting women in.

Walter Shaub's castigation came after the Republican said his party will no longer give special treatment to deep-pocket corporate donors if they get too "woke."

Dramatic video taken by beachgoers after a suspected smuggling boat capsized off the San Diego coast shows several people in distress surrounded by a vast debris field in the rough waters. The destructive aftermath of th...

The BBC follows healthcare workers in Brazil's Amazon region delivering vaccines to one of the most isolated parts of a vast country.