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An 18-year-old, identified as Vonderrit Myers Jr., was killed by an off-duty police officer working part-time for a private security firm.

The organization also said that recent reports claiming that there has been a fall in the number of new cases in Liberia are "unlikely to be genuine."

Opinion polls suggest UKIP, which favors a British EU exit and lower immigration, will easily win a special election in Clacton-on-Sea.

The U.S. is prepared for the possibility that Kobane could fall into militant hands.

Fresh questions are being raised about the White House's involvement in the Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia.

Despite waning numbers of protesters, Hong Kong's main thoroughfares remain closed to traffic, a fact authorities may be relying upon.

A Russian court, without taking exception to copyright violation, admonished the defendant for spreading online pornography.

A proposed new law will allow foreign assets in Russia to be seized and sold, to compensate those targeted by US and EU sanctions.

Timothy Geithner said that AIG deserved the strict treatment he handed out.

A man with Ebola-like symptoms was admitted at New York City's Bellevue Hospital on Wednesday, according to a news report.

A "potential Ebola patient" who recently traveled to Liberia is in isolation at a hospital in Los Angeles County.

Comedian Sarah Silverman draws attention to the fact that women earn 78 cents for every dollar men make.

The Kurdish fighters in Kobane may have formed an unlikely alliance with the Syrian regime, against a common enemy: ISIS.

With leader Kim Jong Un's prolonged absence, North Korea is acting erratically -- but its powerful military likely won't do anything too rash.

The federal deficit peaked at $1.4 trillion in 2009.

President Obama has received regular updates regarding the data breach that affected nearly 80 million households.

The diary contains Frein's chilling account of his ambush of two Pennsylvania State Police troopers.

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan polled 2 percent ahead of Republican challenger Thom Tillis in a new poll released Wednesday.

Kim Jong Un may be sick or even have been deposed, but a more likely scenario is that North Korea is just desperate for aid.

Leung Chun-ying received millions of dollars to support UGL's 2011 acquisition of an insolvent British property services firm, a report said.

"I do feel bad that so many people don't have a sense of humor," said South Dakota state Rep. Betty Olson.

A look at the experimental drugs and vaccines that may bring an end to the deadly outbreak.

It's unclear how McConnell's political answer on Kentucky's sports rivalry will play with voters.

With scientists suggesting a link between cancer and fracking, one fossil fuel interest group is promoting a Susan G. Komen partnership.

As the controversial oil-sands crude pipeline faces U.S. hurdles, Canada could send the oil east to New Brunswick.

The number of people protesting has dropped significantly during the week, as protesters return to work and school.

Republicans have seized on Obama's unpopularity while Democrats avoid appearing publicly with the president.

America's first Ebola patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, died while being treated with a drug from a relatively unknown biotech company.

A Chinese company is hoping to pioneer helium-balloon near-space travel that would send passengers up 131,000 feet.