Italian authorities say that the death toll from Wednesday's earthquake in the central part of the country has risen to 247. The civil protection agency gave the updated figure early Thursday,...

The four-legged mayor of a northwestern Minnesota village greets voters like a true politician. Duke, a 9-year-old Great Pyrenees, won a third one-year term as honorary mayor of Cormorant...

Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish tanks have crossed into Syria as part of a military operation to free a border town held by the Islamic State group. In its report Wednesday, Anadolu...

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It's been just over a year since 9-year-old Zion Harvey received a double-handtransplant, and he said Tuesday what he really wants to do is play football. "I feel happy about my new hands, and I...

A French man shouting the Arabic phrase "Allahu akbar" stabbed a British woman to death and wounded two men in an attack at a hostel in northeast Australia, police said Wednesday. The 29-year-old...

A strong earthquake in central Italy reduced three towns to rubble as people slept early Wednesday, killing at least 120 people and injuring hundreds more as rescue crews raced to dig out...

Former "Law & Order" star Steven Hill has died. He was 94....

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called on the international community to renew its commitment to eliminate weapons of mass destruction as technological advances make it cheaper and...

A South Carolina mother is charged with killing her infant son by putting him in the refrigerator for several hours. Authorities say 27-year-old Angela Blackwell was arrested Monday on...