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Legend of Loch Ness Monster will be tested with DNA samples

The stories seem as tall as the lake is deep. For hundreds of years, visitors to Scotland's Loch Ness have described seeing ...

Donald Trump, Moon Jae-in

Trump increases pressure on Justice Department

President Donald Trump is increasing the pressure on the Justice Department, declining to say whether he has confidence in ...

Rights group: Rohingya insurgents massacred Myanmar Hindus

Myanmar's army was not the only group that slaughtered civilians in the country's volatile west last year, Amnesty ...

Donald Trump, Moon Jae-in

Trump won't say if he has confidence in Rosenstein

President Donald Trump declined to say Tuesday whether he has confidence in Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, ...

Michael Flynn

Washington lobbyists put on notice over foreign agent law

A recent and rare prosecution of a Pakistani man in Maryland under a relatively obscure lobbying law has many in the ...

Alex Ovechkin, Steve Mnuchin

Mnuchin: Treasury investigating possible leaks of Cohen data

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday his department's inspector general is looking into whether banking records of ...

Palestinians ask ICC to investigate alleged crimes by Israel

Accusing Israel of systematic crimes, including apartheid in the occupied territories, Palestinians on Tuesday urged the ...

Lee Zeldin, Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz

The Latest: FBI briefing on Russia probe set for Thursday

The Latest on President Donald Trump and the Russia investigation (all times local): 3:40 p.m. The White House says a ...

Man sentenced to 25 years for mailing fatal dose of cyanide

A federal judge in Maine sentenced a man to 25 years in prison on Tuesday for mailing a fatal dose of cyanide to a suicidal ...

Romania court acquits Senate speaker of lying under oath

A Romanian court has acquitted the Senate speaker of making false statements under oath in a trial related to a fraudulent ...

Mother convicted in UK of forcing teen daughter to marry

A British jury convicted a woman Tuesday of forcing her teenage daughter to marry a man 16 years her senior in Pakistan, ...

The Latest: International court prosecutor won't be rushed

The Latest on the Palestinians' complaint against Israel before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands ...

Former Macedonian official jailed over police car purchase

A Macedonian court has convicted a former senior interior ministry official of abuse of office and sentenced him to nine ...

Australian archbishop convicted of child sex abuse cover-up

An Australian archbishop on Tuesday became the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in the world convicted of covering up child ...

Ex-Romanian president on trial for revolution deaths charges

Former Romanian President Ion Iliescu has appeared at court to face charges of crimes against humanity for his role in the ...

German court rejects call for Puigdemont to be rearrested

A German court on Tuesday rejected a request from prosecutors to take former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont back into ...

Northern Ireland police release 1 man in backpacker murder

Police in Northern Ireland have released one man and continue to question a second after the two were arrested in connection ...

Rod Rosenstein

The Latest: White House setting up meeting on Russia probe

The Latest on President Donald Trump and the Russia investigation (all times local): 4:50 p.m. The White House says President ...

Christopher Wray

FBI, Justice to 'review' classified info sought by lawmakers

Ratcheting up pressure on the Russia investigation, the White House announced Monday that top FBI and Justice Department ...

Man charged after California blast held without bail

A Southern California man who was arrested on an explosives charge after a blast killed his former girlfriend last week at ...