A man imprisoned for 28 years for the 1987 slayings of two people in Dallas was released Monday after his conviction based on now-discredited bite-mark analysis was overturned. Steven Mark Chaney...

A Rhode Island man who weighs nearly 800 pounds (363 kilograms) says he's determined to slim down and he dreams of becoming an actor one day. Steven Assanti, of Cranston, refers to himself now as...

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-DEMOCRATIC DEBATE The surprise rivalry between front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton and insurgent Bernie Sanders will be at the forefront as Democrats take the stage Tuesday in...

A court official says a Czech woman has been convicted of killing her three newborn babies and was sentenced to 24 years in prison. Simona Tesarova, spokeswoman for the regional court in the city...

Turkish investigators were close to identifying one of the suicide bombers in Turkey's deadliest attacks in years, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday, adding that the Islamic State group was...

Greek authorities say they have rescued a total 1,624 refugees and economic migrants who entered the country in dozens of frail boats from neighboring Turkey over the past three days. The...

CONGRESS-REPUBLICANS WASHINGTON — Hardline Republican lawmakers say they could support Rep. Paul Ryan for House speaker, opening a potential bridge between bitterly divided factions within...

Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes advanced against insurgents in the center of the country as President Vladimir Putin defended Moscow's intervention in the conflict, saying it...

Scuffles broke out Sunday in the Turkish capital as police used tear gas to prevent pro-Kurdish politicians and other mourners from laying carnations at the site of two suspected suicide bombings that...

Germany will not have to raise taxes to help pay for the hundreds of thousands of refugees and other migrants who have been flooding into the country, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an...