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US cases of plague are exceedingly rare, and modern therapies are effective when patients are treated in time A case of bubonic plague - the disease that killed tens of millions of people in medieval Europe - was reporte...

The Labour MP tells the story of two men tried and executed for having sex nearly 200 years ago In 1835 James Pratt and John Smith became the last people to be hanged in England for a crime so heinous that no newspaper d...

At an $11 billion valuation, the deal would be among the largest recent private-equity transactions.

The farm bill is one of the most important but least understood pieces of US legislation, and it's overdue for renewal. But Congress couldn't pass a new version in the fall, reflecting partisan dysfunction and also a con...

'When I first spotted people sleeping in public, it changed how I thought about China. This woman is using a tourist map as a bedsheet, a plastic bag as a pillow - and an umbrella as a sun screen' I arrived in China in 2...

Eager to avoid escalating tensions with the government in Baghdad, the U.S. employed a missile co-developed by the CIA designed to avoid civilian casualties.

In interviews, professional women were dismayed by the personal attacks on the Georgia prosecutor, but not surprised.

New Mexico’s Legislature has approved a bill aimed at reducing pollution from cars and trucks by creating financial incentives for transportation fuel producers and importers to lower the carbon intensity of their prod...

Body camera footage released on Saturday showed the two Harris County deputies repeatedly firing through the apartment's window after a report of a break-in.

Safa Aeli was charged with taking part in protests that erupted following death of 22-year-old after her arrest for allegedly flouting strict dress rules for women The uncle of Mahsa Amini, the young Iranian-Kurdish woma...

Unauthorized crossings typically dip at the beginning of the year, but the numbers are still good news for the Biden administration, which has been criticized for its border policies.

The Republican-led House on Tuesday night impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the border

Biden's apparent acceptance of the data came as he escalates criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's management of the conflict.

The Palestinian relief agency gets some very friendly reviewers.

"Without uttering a single word, Beyoncé has used her stardom to highlight those who have never left country music," writes Taylor Crumpton.

It is believed Anand Sujith Henry, 37, killed his sons and fatally shot his wife, Alice Benzinger, 38, in a bathtub before turning the gun on himself, sources told KTVU.

Republican's last rival for presidential nomination tells NBC News's Today 'he is not the same person he was in 2016' Donald Trump is "unhinged" and "diminished", said Nikki Haley, the former president's last rival for t...

At least 16 women are thought to have been killed by their partners already this year. Families, survivors and activists are demanding justice for victims and action to end femicide When Susan Wairimu Thuiya received a c...

Ashleigh Merchant discovered Fulton County DA Fani Willis' affair with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. "Many lawyers only react, I defend," she says.

Joint letters from prime ministers implore the bloc to act over 'deteriorating' situation in Gaza The prime ministers of Ireland and Spain have implored EU leaders to take action over the "deteriorating" situation in Gaz...

Authorities in Turkey have detained four people in connection with a massive landslide that engulfed a gold mine, leaving at least nine workers missing.

One of the migrants allegedly involved in a mob assault on a pair of cops in Times Square has been arrested again -- this time for participating in a coordinated robbery of a Macy's store in Queens. Darwin Andres Gomez-I...