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The European Union has broadened its sanctions against Russia while the U.S. is “seriously considering" adding more sanctions.

Witnesses on the scene say the man who left the backpacks was running down the street screaming "Boston Strong."

Upbeat news on Obamacare signups has given the administration an advantage over Republicans.

Louisiana state lawmakers want to make the Holy Bible the state's official symbol.

Venezuela and China have quietly built a strong economic relationship, but President Nicolás Maduro wants more: a political alliance.

Despite Western sanctions capping its oil exports, Iran is negotiating a deal with Russia to export up to 500,000 barrels per day.

Add Herman Cain to the list of conservatives who believe the incident may have been a calculated move by Hillary Clinton.

Envoys from Russia, Ukraine, the European Union and the United States are scheduled to meet Thursday to discuss the Ukraine crisis.

An inmate whose sentence was accidentally extended by three and a half years due to a typo had his sentence commuted by President Obama.

The ACLU of Michigan says same-sex couples who wed last month in the state's historic ceremony are being treated as "second-class" citizens.

An Alamo ranger caught Daniel Athens urinating on the Texas landmark in 2012. A plea deal cut his sentence by six months.

Gunfire could be heard from the airfield at the town of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine; Ukrainian troops were seen disembarking from helicopters.

While Chilean firefighters worked to get the Valparaiso blaze under control, residents began scouring through the remains of their homes.

European Union diplomats said there was little prospect of a special summit to discuss additional sanctions because positions are so far apart.

The most serious East-West crisis since the end of the Cold War shows no signs of de-escalating.

NATO called on Russia to "de-escalate the crisis ... pull back its troops from Ukraine's borders, to stop destabilizing the situation."

Russia's intervention in Ukraine has Georgians worried about another Russia move - this time to the critical Caucuses land bridge.

More than 100,000 visitors are expected to descend on downtown Denver this weekend for cannabis-related festivities.

The latest decision follows the same court’s rule reinstating a ban on homosexuality, which the New Delhi’s High Court had legalized.

Ohio is requiring seismic monitors at drilling sites near faults.

Separatist groups that favor Russia have taken over Ukrainian government buildings in Donetsk, Lugansk, Kharkov and Slavyansk.

Chinese say the president's call is a response to US ambitions in space.

The interim government has yet to follow through with promises to use military might to retake eastern Ukraine.

Hamid Abutalebi is accused of taking part in the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979.

Read Snowden's full statement on the Guardian-Washington Post prize.

Suspect Frazier Glenn Cross has a record as a "raging anti-Semite."

John Boehner's Tea Party challenger in Ohio's 8th District has the sense of humor of a 13-year-old.

IBTimes talks to Duke professor Campbell Harvey about the financial "nuclear option" that would have severe costs - for both sides.

David Erwin Tersigni faces charges of disorderly intoxication, marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.