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Critics said the awarding of the prize has strayed from the original intentions of Alfred Nobel, while supporters said Tunisia needed global attention and support.

The dense, highly technical intellectual property provision is bad news for Internet groups. But Big Pharma and Tech love it.

The unconventional campaign recently rolled out to boost recruitment at schools.

Republicans must find a candidate who can unite their conference and win the required 218 votes. Many are putting their hopes in Paul Ryan.

The Texas Southern University shooting follows two others as President Obama heads to Roseburg, Oregon, to visit Umpqua victims' families.

A sticking point is a contingency fund worth tens of billions of dollars and tucked deep into the 2016 Pentagon budget.

Northern Arizona University student Colin Brough was killed in a shooting at the school's Flagstaff campus Friday morning. Nicholas Prato, Kyle Zientek and Nicholas Piring were wounded.

"In registering voters, American Muslim organizations nationwide are challenging Islamophobia with community organizing, coalition-building and civic empowerment."

Morgan Stanley is the latest U.S. bank facing pressure from environmental groups to limit its financing for coal mining and power plants.

The Los Angeles City Council on Friday could adopt building codes to make the city more earthquake-proof.

Calls for an investigation into the bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital might also have the effect of boosting monetary support for the group, experts said.

A consultant for one of the largest prison technology firms is facing prison time for paying bribes to a corrections commissioner amidst a major regulatory overhaul 

Many victims of gang rape by Islamic State group fighters are from the Yazidi, a majority of whom live in northern Iraq.

Homeland Security is looking into edits made from its IP address that accuse House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Renee Ellmers of an affair.

"Gaza will fulfill its role in the Jerusalem Intifada and it is more than ready for confrontation. ... It is the only path that will lead to liberation." 

The GOP presidential candidate hasn't shied away from blunt -- and polarizing -- comments about guns and gun control.

Steven Jones was taken into custody at Northern Arizona University after the student gunned down one person and wounded three others on the northeast end of the Flagstaff campus.

President Barack Obama may be greeted by gun rights protesters when he visits Roseburg, Oregon, Friday to comfort survivors of last week's mass shooting.

“The recruiter perceives an increased risk of transgressive religious practice in the workplace and associates it with a risk of insubordination."

WikiLeaks claims to have the final negotiated text of the Obama administration's Trans-Pacific Partnership that covers intellectual property rights.

Hillary Clinton was heckled Thursday by Hispanic activists who accused her of taking money from private prisons.

The Vatican spokesman said Thursday that the pontiff warned bishops and cardinals behind closed doors not to get caught up in "the hermeneutic of conspiracy."

As Russia continues its airstrikes in Syria, U.S. ally Saudi Arabia has several options for leverage against Moscow.

The agency also proposed a $1.9 million lawsuit against an aerial photography company.

The White House has ended a program to train Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State group, officials said Friday.

Nigeria was declared free of an Ebola outbreak in October 2014. But following a death in a southeastern city, there are fears the disease has returned.

The GOP candidate will tour 11 Iowa colleges in three days next week.

The first group of refugees left for Sweden Friday under the plan, which aims to relocate 160,000 asylum-seekers across the EU over the next two years.

The identities of the shooter and the victims have not yet been released, and the motive for the shooting was unknown. A press conference was scheduled for 6 a.m. MST.