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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — After three basketball players were charged with raping a teammate in an apparent hazing incident, a Tennessee high school h...

BURIEN, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order aimed at curbing gun violence by improving data-sharing among government age...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are fighting for the favor of many of the same undecided voters across Iowa, where even some of the...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The latest on North Korea's announcement that it conducted a hydrogen bomb test Wednesday (all times Seoul): 5:31 a.m. Thurs...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It seems like only yesterday that skeptics of Barack Obama's birth in Hawaii rushed to the Supreme Court to try to block the son of ...

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...

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

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...

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

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — With his emotional plea for America to embrace some gun control, President Barack Obama on Thursday thrust the contentious issue to ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Five men associated with a Hong Kong publisher known for books critical of China's leaders have vanished one by one in the last three...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Authorities recovered the bodies Tuesday of at least 36 migrants who drowned off Turkey after their boats overturned in rough wa...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Leah Chase has spent her culinary life on the cutting edge of history, mixing fine dining with her southern Louisiana roots at her ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia cannot "cover up" its crime of executing a leading Shiite cleric by severing di...

PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande has honored 17 victims killed in Islamic extremist attacks on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a kos...

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A subdued Bill Clinton offered a deeply personal endorsement of his wife's presidential campaign Monday, telling voters that Hilla...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom's lead Monday and scaled back diplomatic ties to Iran after the ransack...

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