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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A federal official says immigration agents conducted raids in several states over the weekend and detained 121 adults and children ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A university where Islamic extremists killed 148 people nine months ago reopened on Monday, an event welcomed by many Kenyans as...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — In the offices of the Inland Regional Center, Christmas did not come. Tinsel still festoons cubicles. A small tree with ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan troops rappelled from helicopters onto the roof of a four-story building near the Indian Consulate in a northern city...

LONDON (AP) — Animals stood up to be counted — or in some cases swam, crawled or flew — as London Zoo began its annual census. Zookeepers with cameras...

PARIS (AP) — International art dealer Guy Wildenstein went on trial in Paris Monday on charges of tax fraud and money laundering, after two relatives ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres is receiving a humanitarian award, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is reaping the benefits. Producers of ...

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — With executions on hold in California and a death penalty appeals process that can take years, many inmates on the nation's...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The latest developments after Saudi Arabia executes a prominent opposition Shiite cleric convicted of terrorism charges, s...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three people, including a minor, were being held Sunday in the slaying of a newly inaugurated mayor in a gang-troubled central Mexi...

BURNS, Ore. (AP) — The remote high desert of eastern Oregon became the latest flashpoint for anti-government sentiment as armed protesters occupied a ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen stormed a building in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif Sunday evening, prompting a shootout with security forces, an Afghan...

Shiite cleric's execution in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia exposes Mideast's dangerous divisionsAfter a year of political pregame, 2016 race gives way to a...

The latest developments on flooding in the Midwest (all times local): 1:30 p.m. Authorities have recovered the body of a second teenager who was in a ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday charged two Jewish extremists in an arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents last July — culmi...

KINCAID, Ill. (AP) — The Mississippi River and many of its tributaries continued their retreat Sunday from historic and deadly winter flooding, leavin...

BOSTON (AP) — America's marquee marathon is ready for its close-up. "Boston," the first feature-length documentary film about the Boston Marathon, is ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" marched confidently into the new year, raking in an additional $88.3 million over the New Year's wee...

BEIRUT (AP) — A video circulated online Sunday purported to show the Islamic State group killing five men accused of spying for Britain in Syria. The ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Since it opened in 2000, the Oresund bridge between Sweden and Denmark has been a towering symbol of European integration and hassle-...