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A study by Johns Hopkins University finds that only 10 percent of Americans are concerned about the environmental harm caused by food waste.

The 880-mile border is often used by refugees from North Korea to enter China.

The Peace Index Poll also found that a significant majority of Jewish respondents felt that Israel was being judged too harshly by the international community.

Authorities on Wednesday expanded the search for the two escaped inmates of the Clinton Correctional Facility to Vermont.

Official media say Ai Weiwei should now steer clear of politics and get closer to the people, but Internet users defend him as China's "conscience."

The disease, which has led to the quarantine of over 3,800 people in South Korea, has infected 122 people in the country so far.

Raif Badawi, who ran a politically liberal Saudi website, was convicted of insulting Islam, and suffered the first 50 of his 1,000-lash sentence in January.

A study by the Pew Research Center estimates that America's mixed-race population is growing thrice as fast as the overall population.

An earlier version of the Oka tactical ballistic missile, which was scrapped under the INF treaty, had a maximum range of about 300 miles.

Three deputies in Albany, Georgia, were convicted of a range of federal charges, including obstruction of justice and, in one case, withholding evidence.

The landslide, triggered by heavy rainfall, hit six villages in northeast Nepal's Taplejung district late on Wednesday, according to reports.

A study by a West Bank-based organization says Israeli security forces have detained about 95,000 children from the West Bank since 1967.

Guatemala President Otto Perez Molina's administration has been rocked by a major graft scandal, leading to calls for his resignation.

The new AMRAAM-ER missile will be ready for live-fire demonstrations and flight tests by the end of 2015.

According to a report from the Guardian, ISIS has drained recruits and money from al Qaeda, whose leadership has been cut off from its commanders.

Oil companies have come to an agreement with victims of the 2013 oil train derailment tragedy in the Canadian town.

An attorney for officer Eric Casebolt said that he apologized for his actions, after a video of him roughly handling teenagers and drawing his weapon on them caused controversy.

A new trial for the former New York deli worker who confessed to strangling 6-year-old Etan Patz in a case that changed the way the U.S. responds to missing children will open in 2016, a judge said on Wednesday.

The high-end retailer cut jobs in its corporate office amid falling sales and brand dissatisfaction.

The manhunt for two inmates who escaped from a New York maximum security prison expanded to neighboring Vermont on Wednesday as the pair set a record for the longest jailbreak in New York history, authorities said.

David Moore is refusing to grant a permit for a block party sponsored by director Spike Lee.

Ted Cruz called for increased patrols to stop illegal immigration even as the number of border agents nears record highs.

The UN warned that violent attacks on international peacekeepers and civilians in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region have been increasing while tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee the fighting.

A city investigation found flaws in Corizon Health's hiring process that may have contributed to inmate deaths.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was taken aback when NPR radio host Diane Rehm suddenly said he had Israeli dual citizenship.

Production could fall to levels not seen since the 1970s if the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan takes effect.

Roughly 70 percent of Christian families who fled the violence of the Iraq War had their property illegally confiscated, claims a Baghdad city official.

Answering concerns about conflicts of interest, Bill Clinton also said the Foundation has done nothing "objectionable."

A new report indicates that the economic impact of NSA surveillance programs on U.S. tech companies could far exceed previous estimates.