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Death toll rises to 62 in China chemical plant blast

A massive explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China with a long record of safety violations has killed at least 62 ...

EU leaders postpone decision on 2050 climate goal

European Union leaders on Friday pushed back a decision on the bloc's long-term efforts to fight climate change, with some ...

US abruptly endorses Israel's Golan sovereignty in big shift

President Donald Trump abruptly declared Thursday the U.S. will recognize Israel's sovereignty over the disputed Golan ...

Residents fret about chemical plant fire, despite assurances

Kristin Crump and her two kids put damp cloths over their mouths on Thursday for the short walk from their suburban Houston ...

ACLU: Black man detained while moving into own Kansas home

The Kansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday asked state officials to investigate after a black man ...

Death toll from cyclone surpasses 500 in southern Africa

A week after Cyclone Idai lashed southern Africa, flooding still raged as torrential rains caused a dam to overflow in ...

Judge blocks laws limiting powers of Wisconsin governor

A judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Wisconsin Republicans' contentious lame-duck laws limiting the powers of new ...

Movement toward less partisan political maps gains momentum

Frustrated by partisan gerrymandering, voters in a growing number of states have taken the pen and computer away from ...

Atlanta's Mayor pushes for review in 'Child Murders' cases

Atlanta's mayor and police chief are leading a push to re-examine evidence from a string of murders that terrorized the ...

Jury awards $250,000 to woman jailed without seeing a judge

A Mississippi jury awarded $250,000 in damages Tuesday to a woman jailed 96 days without seeing a judge, a case spotlighting ...

Frontier Airlines jetliners in Denver

Frontier attendants, airline reach tentative deal

Frontier Airlines flight attendants celebrated a tentative contract with the Denver-based budget carrier Wednesday, calling ...

The Latest: UN will press global community for cyclone aid

The Latest on Cyclone Idai and the flooding damage to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi (all times local): 7:10 p.m.

The Latest: Australian PM asks Erdogan to withdraw WWI claim

The Latest on the mosque shootings in New Zealand (all times local): 4 p.m. Australia's prime minister says he has asked the ...

San Francisco floats ban on e-cigarettes pending US review

San Francisco is trying to crack down on electronic cigarettes that critics say aggressively target kids, with an official ...

NYC official: Kushner firm flouted rules, endangered tenants

A New York City councilman accused the Kushner family real estate company on Tuesday of putting tenants in danger by allowing ...

Homes flood as Missouri River overtops, breaches levees

Hundreds of homes flooded in several Midwestern states after rivers breached at least a dozen levees following heavy rain and ...

The Latest: Turkey condemns Dutch tram attack

The Latest on a shooting in a tram in the Netherlands (all times local): 8 p.m. Turkey's foreign ministry has condemned the ...

Paris cleans up riot debris as support fades for protesters

Business owners, city employees and construction workers dug in Sunday to clean up one of the world's most glamorous avenues, ...

Omar al-Bashir

Fresh rallies against al-Bashir as Sudan secures $300M loans

Hundreds of Sudanese took part in anti-government protests in the capital and other cities on Sunday as the government ...

Juan Guaido

Venezuelan opposition leader takes campaign to northern city

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido embarked on a new stage of his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday ...