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Syrian refugees living in Lebanon grapple with whether to return home now that Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship has fallen. Many are hesitatin...

Decorative holiday pots -- stuffed with evergreen branches -- are popular this time of year.  That greenery is also considered "green gold"...

It capsized a few hundred meters into the journey along the Fimi River, the latest such tragedy to strike Congo.(Image credit: Kevin S. Vine...

Critics warn argue that people planning to live through an atomic blast aren't focusing on the real and current dangers posed by nuclear thr...

Barring intervention by Gov. Eric Holcomb, Corcoran is scheduled to be executed before sunrise Wednesday at the Indiana State Prison in Mich...

The lawsuits were brought by more than 100 women who say they were abused or mistreated at a now-shuttered federal prison in California that...

Watson, 55, and the now-defunct company were found guilty last summer of charges including wire fraud conspiracy. He has denied the allegati...

As sports betting has spread across the U.S., college athletes have increasingly faced harassment from bettors. A federal ban on wagers that...

A Russian lieutenant general accused of using banned chemicals on Ukrainian soldiers was assassinated Tuesday in Moscow.

A New York grand jury has indicted the man accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Luigi Mangione faces murder charges for...

Almost daily attacks on Sudan's largest displacement camp have been blamed on a paramilitary group at war with Sudan's army.

Authorities in Madison, Wisc., don't yet know what led a student to open fire at Abundant Life Christian School killing a teacher, a fellow...

A Syrian mother and daughter are reunited for the first time in 6 years after the fall of the Assad regime, and freedom of movement returns...

The film "All We Imagine As Light" is an Indian film that has won rare international acclaim from Cannes and the Golden Globes. But at home...

The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism. The indictment could help move along...

EasyKnock, the subject of the probe, announced its sudden closure earlier this month.

Authorities say a 15-year-old girl carried out the shooting that killed two and wounded several at a Wisconsin school. Female shooters are r...

The New York architect facing murder charges in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings was charged in the death of Valerie Mac...

People in Syria are looking for their relatives and friends in prisons, hospitals and morgues. The U.N. estimates over 100,00 people have go...

A Wisconsin school shooting left multiple people dead and several injured. Here's the latest. And, a milestone pig kidney transplant provide...

A new study suggests that holidays can affect your provider's decision making.(Image credit: Tatyana)

As horrific details emerge from Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's jails, many question the man who once claimed to champion their cause.

In Madison, Wisconsin, authorities are trying to understand why a teenage student opened fire at their Christian school, killing a teacher a...

The suspect is likely to have died from a gunshot wound, but the cause of death has yet to be confirmed by a medical examiner.(Image credit:...

The earthquake was centered 10 miles west of Port Vila, the largest city in Vanuatu, a group of 80 islands that is home to about 330,000 peo...