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Tornado stuns Iowa town
\With the scope of the devastation still sinking in, business owners and residents of the central Iowa city of Marshalltown on Friday began picking up bricks...
Hamas accepts cease-fire
Gaza's militant Hamas rulers said Saturday they had accepted a cease-fire ending a massive Israeli onslaught on militant positions after a soldier was shot...
Sex abuse revelations
VATICAN CITY - Revelations that one of the most respected U.S. cardinals allegedly sexually abused both boys and adult seminarians have raised questions about...
Mob kills Muslim man
A Muslim man was beaten to death by a mob in western India over allegations of smuggling cows, police said Saturday, despite calls by the country's highest...
Honduran baby back
A year-old boy who became a poster child for the U.S. policy of separating immigrants and their children was back in the arms of his parents Friday, five months...
Boat capsized, 17 killed
Divers found four more bodies Friday in a Missouri lake where a duck boat packed with tourists capsized and sank in high winds, bringing the death toll to 17 in...
Ohio killer spared
Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Friday spared a condemned killer whose sentence was challenged after a juror came forward and said information about the extent of the...
Skater's killer confesses
One of two men detained in Kazakhstan on suspicion of killing Olympic figure skating medallist Denis Ten has confessed, authorities said Friday. Prosecutor...
100 report sex misconduct
More than 100 former students have provided firsthand accounts of sexual misconduct by the now-dead Ohio State University team physician at the centre of an...
The Trump tapes?
President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer secretly recorded Trump discussing payments to a former Playboy model who said she had an affair with him,...
Sailors want beards
Now that women in the Navy can wear ponytails, men want beards. The Navy said last week that servicewomen could sport ponytails, lock hairstyles, or ropelike...
Duck boat death toll climbs
Divers found four more bodies Friday in a Missouri lake where a duck boat packed with tourists capsized and sank in high winds, bringing the death toll to 17 in...
White House invites Putin
Unbowed by criticism over his Helsinki summit, President Donald Trump extended an invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet in Washington in the...
'Brady Bunch' house for sale
The home featured in the opening and closing scenes of "The Brady Bunch" is for sale for $1.885 million. Records show George and Violet McCallister...
Bare-chested Jeff Goldblum
Londoners and tourists alike have been bemused to find a giant statue of a bare-chested Jeff Goldblum next to the city's iconic Tower Bridge. The 25-foot...
Russian spy drama
Russian Embassy officials were to meet Thursday with a Siberian gun rights activist jailed in Washington on charges of spying on the United States, as Moscow...
Toddler dies in hot car
Authorities in Florida say they're investigating the death of a toddler who was left in a car for more than eight hours. The Sun Sentinel reports that...
Private rocket hits space
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket company shot a capsule higher into space Wednesday than it's ever done before. The New Shepard rocket blasted off from...
Thai boys: Voices in dark
Trapped in the recesses of a flooded cave, the 12 boys and their soccer coach were trying to dig their way out when they heard voices in the darkness. Their...
Trump at odds with chiefs
President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied Russia is still targeting the United States, a claim sharply at odds with recent warnings from his top intelligence...
How could you mom?
A Kansas City-area woman has been charged with letting men rape her 2-year-old daughter. Twenty-five-year-old Azzie Watson, of Independence, was charged Tuesday...
Thai youths meet the media
The 12 boys and their soccer coach rescued from a cave in northern Thailand left the hospital where they had been recuperating and appeared at a news conference...
Historians on Trump
Plenty of U.S. presidents have created commotion in their travels abroad, but none as much as President Donald Trump. The president's tumultuous trip across...
EU fines Google $5 billion
The European Union's antitrust chief has fined Google a record $5 billion for abusing the market dominance of its Android mobile phone operating system. EU...
Trump on defensive
Taking to Twitter early Wednesday, President Donald Trump defended anew his much-criticized performance at the Helsinki summit, promising "big...
New Robin Williams doc
A new documentary on Robin Williams tells the late comedian's story mostly using his voice. "Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind" uses a wealth of...
Suing mass shooting victims
MGM Resorts International has sued hundreds of victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in a bid to avoid liability for the gunfire that...
Obama talking to Trump?
UPDATE 8:25 a.m. Without ever mentioning President Donald Trump by name, former U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday took aim at "strongman...
Teen Mom charged
Los Angeles prosecutors have charged reality TV star Farrah Abraham with two misdemeanour charges over a scuffle with a Beverly Hills hotel security guard last...
Wild west shootout
Las Vegas Police have released graphic video from a body camera which shows a chase and shooting of alleged murder suspects through the streets of Las Vegas. ...
Prime Day goes to dogs
Amazon is hoping customers don't see any more dogs, after early problems on Prime Day meant people trying to shop got only images of the cute canines...
Stormy's 15 minutes not up
Porn star Stormy Daniels is set to return to Ohio next month, three weeks after her arrest at a Columbus strip club on charges that were later dropped. Daniels...
Praise Putin, pity Trump
For Vladimir Putin, holding a summit with Donald Trump was a victory in itself. While the U.S. leader went home to widespread criticism after their Monday...
Trump: 'Me First'?
Donald Trump's "America First" slogan morphed into "Me First" as the president unloaded on the U.S. intelligence community and Justice...
Lava crashes through roof
An explosion caused by lava oozing into the ocean sent molten rock crashing through the roof of a sightseeing boat off Hawaii's Big Island, injuring 23...
Lava falls through roof
Hawaii officials say an explosion sent lava flying through the roof of a tour boat off the Big Island, injuring at least 13 people. The state Department of Land...
Trump - 'bizarre,' 'shameful'
Key members of Congress, including some Republicans, are criticizing President Donald Trump's performance at a press conference with Russian President...
Putin wanted Trump to win
Russia's Vladimir Putin said Monday he did want Donald Trump to win the 2016 U.S. presidential election but took no action during the campaign to make it...
World Cup afterglow
The members of France's victorious World Cup team returned home from Russia to triumphant arcs of water heralding their airplane's arrival and a red...
Catfish eating ducklings
A German city is looking for a way to get rid of a giant catfish that is believed to have developed a taste for ducklings after eating all of its fellow fish in...
Croatian red carpet
In an outburst of national pride, Croatia on Monday threw out a red carpet and staged a heroes' welcome for the country's national team despite its loss...
Trump-Putin summit
UPDATE 5:48 a.m. With a wink and a slouch, respectively, President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin opened their summit Monday as the American...
Royal family photo
Kensington Palace has released family photos of Prince Louis in the arms of his mother, the Duchess of Cambridge, to mark the baby boy's christening. The...
Trump: queen 'beautiful'
President Donald Trump has told a British TV interviewer that Queen Elizabeth II told him Brexit is "complex." Trump's interview with Good Morning...
Truck hits wedding party
Pakistani police say a trailer truck has hit a parked passenger bus carrying wedding guests on a busy highway near the southern city of Hyderabad, killing at...
Deadly fire near Yosemite
A wildfire that killed a California firefighter grew quickly and forced the closure of a key route into Yosemite National Park as crews contended with...
Suspect killed in shooting
A gunman being investigated in the killing of a university student from India shot and wounded three Kansas City police officers Sunday before dying in an...
Pakistanis mourning victims
Pakistanis observed a day of mourning on Sunday for the victims of the horrific weekend attacks that killed 132 people, including a provincial assembly...
John Cynn wins $8.8M
The 2018 World Series of Poker champion is an Indiana resident and professional player who barely missed the cut for the final table two years ago. John Cynn...
At least 15 dead in landslide
At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar's jade mining region, state media and officials said...