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Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta says Hispanics will be a major force in the 2016 presidential election, and she doesn't mince words about certain contenders.

Their press conference announcing their plans will start at 11 a.m. EDT.

Against attacks from unions and several lawmakers, President Obama offers campaign support for Democrats who back his Trans-Pacific Partnership deal.

Judge Katherine Forrest sentenced Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht to life without parole.

German prosecutors are probing questionable client transactions at Deutsche Bank, adding to the lender's recent legal woes.

Putin may want again to declare the meeting as a success, but the pope might not lend as sympathetic an ear as the Russian president hopes.

The speech comes ahead of a crucial Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act.

Ties between Russia and China are "a key factor for stability, security, [and] the establishment of polycentric world," a top Russian politician said.

A former top aide to the Malawian president is under investigation for allegedly amassing a remarkable fortune in a year while earning a modest government salary.

Ambassador Paul Grigson was withdrawn by Australia in protest over the execution of its two nationals Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran by Indonesia.

Candidates before him, like Chris Christie and Mitt Romney, have found foreign trips dangerous territory — full of mishaps and political blunders.

The semitrailer was transporting around 2,200 piglets to Indiana from South Carolina.

Several vaccines and treatments for MERS are in development, but none have completed clinical trials.

The timing of the test is crucial as the U.S government is weighing aggressive responses to Russia's alleged violation of a Cold War-era nuclear arms treaty.

The decision to exclude Israel, despite a draft recommendation from a high-ranking U.N. official, was reportedly made under "intense pressure" from Washington and Tel Aviv.

Zainab Bangura, a United Nations envoy who visited Iraq and Syria in April, recounts her interactions with teenage girls who managed to escape the captivity of the Islamic State group.

The Chinese Football Association has described Hong Kong's team as being made up of people “with black skin, yellow skin and white skin.”

The new regulations will allow women to travel abroad without the permission of their male guardians, authorities said.

The lawsuit, which named the American president among others, demanded that the U.S. government admit to “unlawful deaths” from drone strikes.

Two industry associations fired the latest salvo in what could be a long fight over government access into smart phones and other digital devices.

The move by the federal rail agency comes after last month's Amtrak train derailment that killed eight and injured over 200.

Nearly 10 million students work hard -- and a few cheat -- to pass China's annual university entrance exam, which critics say kills imagination.

However, the G7 countries, which account for nearly a third of global carbon emissions, failed to set binding cuts on emissions of greenhouse gases.

The four killed in Suning county included at least one suspect, China Central Television said, giving few other details.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued the survivors of a downed plane, nearly three hours after the single engine Cessna 172 aircraft crashed into sea.

The country's elections, while nominally free and democratic, have long been criticized as rubber-stamp affairs.

The Admiral Grigorovich-class and Admiral Gorshkov-class frigates are at the center of Russia’s naval expansion efforts.

The rebels were suspected to be part of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist).

A video of a police officer in Texas drawing a gun at teenagers at a pool party has yet again highlighted the debate on the use of force by U.S. law enforcement officials.