This year is the 150th anniversary of the celebration of emancipation.
Carson Cowles said he would "push the button myself" if his nephew receives the death penalty.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered a moratorium on the death penalty during the holy month of Ramadan.
Former NAACP leader for Spokane, Washington, chapter Rachel Dolezal gained international attention after her parents claimed she was white.
The move is part of a defense overhaul aimed at making Germany's military more efficient and compact.
The survey follows the June 6 escape when convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat broke out from a New York maximum security prison.
As Florida governor, Bush backed land deals for a timber company. Then it hired him.
Venezuela is facing an economic crisis as an oil price slump hurts its key source of revenue.
The virus was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and since then, 458 people have died due to the disease.
The flotilla, which consists of at least three boats carrying pro-Palestinian activists, is expected to arrive in Gaza before the month's end.
The anti-terror bill has drawn criticism from rights groups and free-speech advocates.
Corporate investigator Peter Humphrey and his wife were convicted of stealing Chinese citizens' personal information.
Debbie Dills, a North Carolina florist, followed Dylann Storm Roof for miles before police arrested him.
A busy shopping area in northwest Philadelphia was flooded after a 48-inch water main broke at a parking lot Thursday.
At least 129 children were killed in fighting in May, while several others were raped or castrated, Unicef says.
The country's tourism has taken a hit as arrivals dropped by nearly 13 percent in the first five months of 2015.
Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to address the issue at a conference in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Samuel Rahamin Topaz, a resident of Fort Lee, New Jersey, was allegedly planning to travel to Syria to support the Islamic State group.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are expected to unveil rules to lower the carbon emissions of trucks on Friday.
The uncle of the man accused of killing nine in a church shooting Wednesday night said he didn't know Dylann Storm Roof to be racist.
Dylan Storm Roof could call the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center in home for as long as several years depending on his plea or if he faces the death penalty.
U.S. officials are suspicious of a "major renovation" planned by the iconic New York hotel’s new Chinese owners.
A bill signed Thursday by Delaware Gov. Jack Markell decriminalized the possession and private use of up to one ounce of marijuana.
At least four of the 20 undocumented immigrants on board were hospitalized after the collision.
"He said he was going to do something like that,” said Dalton Tyler, who shared a home with Dylann Storm Roof.
The U.S Marshals Service is offering a reward up to $25,000 for information or tips that lead to the capture of two fugitives who broke out of an upstate New York prison. It has also added David Sweat and Richard Matt to a list of its 15 most wanted fugitives.
"This government is trying to impose Hindu culture and Hindu forms of worship on non-Hindus."
After being captured in North Carolina, nearly 300 miles from the church where he allegedly murdered nine people, Dylann Roof is heading back to Charleston.
Dylann Storm Roof reportedly told neighbors that he planned a murderous attack before proclaiming during the shooting that he was there to “kill black people.”
But can lessons from China's past be applied to modern Chinese society? Officials hope "guoxue," or national studies, will teach employees integrity.
