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ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — When the gunshots started at Umpqua Community College, some people mistook them for falling books. But Army veteran Chris Mintz ...

PARIS (AP) — The sky was the limit for powerhouse Christian Dior which built an entire floral mountain within the Louvre to house its 15 minute show a...

PARIS (AP) — A summit reviving a European push to bring peace to eastern Ukraine ended Friday with a call for the delay of contentious rebel plans to ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new proposal seeks a statewide election on removing the Confederate battle emblem from the Mississippi flag. But it could be y...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alek Skarlatos, one of three Americans hailed as heroes for stopping a terrorist attack on a Paris-bound train in August, would hav...

CORRALES, N.M. (AP) — At a time when life could be harsh in the American Southwest, outhouses served more than one important role. They provided struc...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said the U.S. should bar refugees from war-torn Syria because they are "infiltrat...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican turned the tables on the Kim Davis affair Friday: Not only did it distance Pope Francis from her claims that he endors...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The nine people killed after a gunman opened fire on an Oregon community college campus Thursday took different paths to the sma...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A son of jailed polygamous leader Warren Jeffs describes how he was manipulated, shuffled around the country and assigned to wor...

ELEUTHERA, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Joaquin destroyed houses, uprooted trees and unleashed heavy flooding as it hurled torrents of rain across the Bah...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A rain-sodden hillside about 300 feet (100 meters) high collapsed onto a neighborhood on the outskirts of Guatemala's capital wi...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The new leader of the Afghan Taliban boasted in a phone call with The Associated Press on Friday that the group's three-day ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County police must strengthen policies for handling protests, improve training on diversity and community policing, and do ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. Air Force C-130J military transport plane crashed overnight at an air base in eastern Afghanistan, killing six Americ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is demanding that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his government condemn the murder...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria's foreign minister said Friday that airstrikes against the Islamic State group "are useless" unless they are coordinated w...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Jon Bon Jovi made an onstage gesture to honor a high school football player who died last week in New Jersey af...

PARIS (AP) — The presidents of Russia and France, which both started bombing Syria this week, held talks Friday about their military operations as the...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The long-time female companion of an ex-fugitive deep-sea treasure hunter has been sentenced to a month behind bars. Alison Ante...