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Sonar to give best view yet of Civil War shipwreck
The world will soon get its first good look at the wreckage of the only U.S. Navy ship sunk in combat in the Gulf of Mexico during the Civil War, ...
Wounded flood hospitals in Syria's largest city
It had been a calm day in Aleppo's Shifa Hospital, said Dr. Osman al-Haj Osman, his face etched with exhaustion from just three hours of sleep.
Biden: Country hasn't forgotten 9/11 families
Ceremonies in New York City, Washington, D.C., and a western Pennsylvania field are a reminder that the nation hasn't forgotten the 9/11 attacks and ...
Fire at Russian factory kills 14 Vietnamese
Russia's Emergency Ministry says 14 Vietnamese workers have been killed by fire at a clothing factory near Moscow. The ministry said one Vietnamese ...
Police officer killed in Turkey suicide attack
A suicide bomber threw a hand grenade and then blew himself up at the entrance to a police station in Turkey's biggest city, killing a police officer ...
Prince William, Kate start Asia tour in Singapore
Prince William and his wife Kate saw an orchid named for them and another for his late mother Princess Diana in Singapore on Tuesday, 15 years after ...
Base attack kills 3 Afghans, destroys NATO chopper
Afghan insurgents bombarded a U.S. base and destroyed a NATO helicopter, killing three Afghan intelligence employees, officials said Tuesday.
Ranchers cope with herd losses from Isaac's floods
In August, ranchlands spreading across the boot of Louisiana were dotted with hundreds of cows and calves grazing on a smorgasbord of marsh grasses.
Mystery absence of China leader fuels rumor frenzy
Where is president-in-waiting Xi Jinping? Is he nursing a bad back after pulling a muscle in a pick-up soccer game (or maybe in the swimming pool)? ...
Colleagues mourn officer killed in Obama motorcade
The danger in seemingly banal police work of directing traffic and shutting down roadways gained new attention Monday as colleagues mourned an officer ...
Tropical storm takes aim at Newfoundland
Tropical Storm Leslie headed on a northward track toward Canada's Newfoundland early Monday, after its outer bands buffeted Bermuda with a day of ...
Fla. officer in Obama motorcade struck, killed
A motorcycle police officer who was part of President Barack Obama's motorcade to a campaign event in Florida died Sunday after being struck by a ...
China quake survivors await shelter, expect rain
Survivors of multiple earthquakes in southwestern China waited for shelter and other supplies on Monday amid forecasts of heavy rains that are likely ...
Leader of al-Qaida N. African branch dies in car
A spokesman for a radical Islamic group in northern Mali has confirmed that a leader of al-Qaida's North African branch was killed in a car crash.
Son: 'Seagull' author Bach speaking, slowly heals
Writer Richard Bach, author of the inspirational best-seller "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," is able to speak a few words and respond to simple ...
Images, not frequency, make NYC twisters notable
Most people wouldn't say New York and tornado in the same breath. But two twisters that touched down in the nation's biggest city on Saturday are the ...
Ebola outbreak kills 15 in eastern Congo
An outbreak of the Ebola virus has killed 15 people in northeastern Congo and the local communities are quickly learning how frighteningly deadly the ...
International aid stolen in Niger, minister
Niger's interior minister says that some of the international aid intended for the victims of recent floods has been stolen. Abdou Labo told reporters ...
NYC cleans up from 2 twisters after Eastern storms
Damaging storms that spawned tornadoes in New York City, darkened tens of thousands of homes in the Washington, D.C., area and flooded New England ...
Bomb explosion near Indonesian capital injures 6
A suspected militant was critically injured when a bomb apparently being prepared for a terrorist attack exploded in a house near Indonesia's capital, ...
A look at tornadoes that have hit major cities
Two tornadoes touched down at the edge of New York City on Saturday. No serious injuries were reported. Once exceedingly rare in New York, tornadoes ...
Bermuda wary, but calm as storm likely to pass by
Tropical Storm Leslie swirled northward in the Atlantic late Saturday toward Bermuda, and forecasters said it might strengthen into a hurricane again ...