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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Unpopular after 11 years in power, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is starting to face some open machinations from would-b...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has a vision for Syrian leader Bashar Assad's departure. Even if it works, the president won't be around to...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The man who bought the rifles used in the San Bernardino attack pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges in a federal indictme...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The most powerful El Nino storm yet this week pushed onto the California coast Wednesday as police and outreach teams kept an eye o...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Soon after the ground shook around its nuclear testing facility, North Korea trumpeted its first hydrogen bomb test — a self...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Spotlight" is dominating awards season, but the Writers Guild has recognized a diverse slate of films, including "Trainwreck" and ...

PARIS (AP) — A Paris court has suspended the tax fraud and money laundering trial of Guy Wildenstein, the French-American heir of a New York art-deali...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch foreign minister has called an international conference next week to discuss the global "fight against terror....

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iraq on Wednesday offered to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran after tensions soared following the kingdom's execution of a Sh...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The latest developments surrounding the consumer-electronics show in Las Vegas known as CES (all times local): 10:30 a.m. Netflix sub...

LONDON (AP) — The heir to the heir to the heir to the British throne has taken a big step up the educational ladder. Kensington Palace said that Princ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The 10-part Netflix documentary series "Making a Murderer," which casts doubt on the legal process in the case of convicted killers S...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks dropped Wednesday as investors fretted about signs of belligerence from North Korea and more weakening of China's economy,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Monsanto said Wednesday it will eliminate another 1,000 jobs as it expands a cost-cutting plan designed to deal with falling sales o...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A private autopsy is planned at hospital expense to determine how a 20-year-old college freshman died while on life-support in the m...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The man behind the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge comes from a Mormon family that has been challenging government...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "NCIS" star Michael Weatherly says he's leaving the long-running CBS drama. Weatherly, who plays Special Agent Tony DiNozzo, has be...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's move to tighten controls on gun sales could discourage some unlicensed private sellers from doing business ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Characterizing Wall Street as an industry run on "greed, fraud, dishonesty and arrogance," Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sa...

BURNS, Ore. (AP) — A pickup truck blocked the entrance Tuesday to a national wildlife preserve where a small armed group upset over federal land polic...