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BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has a new namesake: a refugee baby from Ghana. The German news agency dpa reported Thursday that the bab...

HELSINKI (AP) — Swedish prosecutors on Thursday dropped cases of lesser sexual misconduct against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange but said they still...

TIANJIN, China (AP) — The death toll from the fiery explosions at a warehouse of hazardous chemicals climbed Thursday to 50, and the Chinese governmen...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Muppets, longtime residents of PBS, are getting a second home at HBO. The premium cable channel and Sesame Workshop, which prod...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A Croatian hostage reportedly slain in Egypt was kidnapped by an unidentified group that demanded a ransom from hi...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Three years after Connecticut abolished the death penalty for any future crimes, the state's highest court on Thursday spared t...

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — The latest on a Kentucky county clerk's office that has defied a federal judge's order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex cou...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The group behind the Golden Globes is calling on dozens of stars to help present more than $2 million in grants to nonpro...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is approaching the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a mammoth storm that caused the levees protecting the city to...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura says he hopes Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination for president — and that he would be ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Public urination has gotten so bad in San Francisco that the city has painted nine walls with a repellant paint that makes pee sp...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry has been on a private visit to South Africa's flagship wildlife park, where poachers have killed rhinos in ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Want an Elvis Presley "Starburst" jumpsuit he wore during concerts in Las Vegas in 1973? Or how about a diamond and gold pendant...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert, Hugh Jackman and Kerry Washington will host next month's Global Citizen Festival in New York's Central Park starring ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Elvis Presley "Forever" stamp is going on sale shortly at post offices nationwide. Priscilla Presley, ex-wife of the King of...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Empire" star Terrence Howard is scheduled to return to a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday for the continuation of a hearing to try t...

DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local): 11:03 a.m. Colorado and federal officials are at odds over whether it's...

KOS, Greece (AP) — Locked in a sunbaked football stadium without food, drinking water or sanitation, about 1,000 refugees queued for hours on Wednesda...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Russell Begaye stared at the yellow water that keeps pouring out of a hole in the side of a Colorado mountain, racing down a ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister announced Wednesday he will seek a popular mandate to change the country's constitution amid widespread calls to ...