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A firefighter was found alive in the rubble after being missing for over 30 hours, but the death toll continues to rise.

The Canadian teacher and his Indonesian assistant were sentenced to 10 years each in the child sexual abuse case.

P-32 was pictured in 2013 as a four-week old kitten and again in mid-February, interacting with his sister, turning him into a celebrity of sorts.

The South Korean military blamed Pyongyang for placing the mines in a neutral area within the heavily fortified DMZ.

Niloy Neel was hacked to death at his home in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka by at least four men on Aug. 7, the fourth such killing in the country.

The helicopter was a twin-engine Sikorsky 76C+, operated by British civil helicopter operator Bristow Group.

A new study by U.S. scientists found that particles from the burning of coal were the primary cause of pollution-related health problems in the world's second-largest economy.

The man -- identified as 45-year-old James A. Young -- was searching for his lost cellphone in a restricted area when the accident took place.

Specialist teams and rescue workers are laboring to clean up chemicals that could pose health risks following two massive explosions in the Chinese port city.

From Guantanamo to Iraq, Jeb Bush is not afraid to defend former President George W. Bush's choices.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' Syriza party looked set to split after the leader of its far-left faction called on Thursday for a new movement to fight a bailout deal that lawmakers are expected to vote on in the coming hours.

The decision is not final but the commission's opinion "does hold some weight" if it goes before the city council.

After a settlement last month, the Justice Department can now monitor court orders against controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

A high school freshman in Tennessee was upset that students wore Confederate flag shirts and flew the flag from their trucks.

The Oktaha, Oklahoma, gun range's sign read: "This privately owned business is a Muslim-free establishment, we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone."

Two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin, killing at least 50 people, including at least a dozen fire fighters, officials and state media said on Thursday.

A Guardian reporter tweeted an insult to his colleague and columnist Chelsea Manning for being sentenced to solitary confinement. Then things got messy.

A new study examines the overall medical expense of including transgender people in the U.S. military.

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri pledges allegiance to the Afghan Taliban.

The government of St. Louis County extended for at least 24 hours a state of emergency in Ferguson, Missouri, which has been the scene of protests a year after an unarmed black teenager was killed by a white police officer.

An El Niño is defined as a 1.5 degree Celsius or greater temperature rise in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.

Arrivals from overseas top 42 million, or 13.3 percent of the total U.S. population, the highest level in 105 years, Census data show.

As a presidential candidate, Bush has made a point of his disdain for lobbyists -- but after leaving the governorship, he essentially acted as one.

Multiple Twitter, Facebook and Instagram posts show musicians Janelle Monáe and Jidenna leading chants of "Say his name: Michael Brown."

The American real estate mogul ranks No. 9 and is considered a "Kremlin agent," meaning a supporter of Russia in international affairs.

A recent plan from the mayor of a French town to eliminate non-pork options in school cafeterias has rekindled an ongoing debate in the country.

Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan are expected to train with the Russian navy in addition to other drills this month with China.

Roughly 53 percent of New Jersey voters said that Christie's out-of-state campaigning hurts his ability to govern, according to a new poll.

The new report confirms the ongoing trend of fighters from outside the Middle East joining the militant group.