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The United Nations has officially declared that there is a famine in Somalia.

Hess was at one time the third most powerful man in the Nazi regime, behind only Hermann Goring and Der Führer Hitler himself.

With momentum building for the 'Gang of Six' debt plan, all eyes will be on a little-known but pivotal Washington institution -- the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the nonpartisan agency that provides program and fiscal forecasts to the U.S. Congress.

Four Kenyans have been granted permission by the High Court to sue the British Foreign Office on charges that they were tortured by colonial officials during the 1950s and 1960s at the time of the Mau Mau rebellion.

As a potentially deadly heat wave scorches 32 states, utilities companies are taking extra precautions to ensure added strain on the electrical grid does not trigger a repeat of the 2003 blackout that temporarily plunged cities from New York to Detroit into darkness.

Not only did the billionaire “media mogul” seem to be confused and somewhat incoherent, but he has also washed his hands of any wrongdoing at his corporation.

The 'Gang of Six' senators have a lot riding on their shoulders: They may hold the power to save the United States from default.

As new revelations surface daily, could this disgraceful episode reach all the way to No. 10 Downing Street?

In order to prevent unnecessary confusion and disappointment, New York City officials will limit the number of marriages to 764 on Sunday, the first day the state's same-sex marriage law takes effect.

The ranks of British police will be thinned by 14 percent by the year 2015, according to research from the Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).

To prevent neo-Nazi gatherings, Hess' body has been exhumed and cremated.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has his hands full regarding the 'Gang of Six' debt plan. Most Tea Party members of his caucus are likely to oppose it, but if Boehner can recruit enough moderate Democrats to offset Tea Party opposers, the plan should pass the U.S. House -- its likely final hurdler before the bill heads to President Obama.

The United Nations declared famine in two regions of Southern Somalia on Wednesday and warned that it could spread further in two months until donor countries stepped in.

Texas inmate Mark Stroman was executed on Wednesday night for hate crimes, making him the seventh person to be executed in the state this year.

US first lady Michelle Obama will appear on ABC show 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', the network said on Tuesday.

U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla. sent a highly publicized e-mail calling Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz vile and not a lady after she indirectly criticized his plans for insurance reform. Aside from an outspoken member of the House, who is Allen West?

Millions of people across Somalia are suffering from drought and famine, but you can help by donating to aid agencies working to bring supplies to the Horn of Africa.

For the first time in Ireland, a report into child sexual abuse exposes an attempt by the Holy See to frustrate an inquiry in a sovereign, democratic republic as little as three years ago, not three decades ago, he said.

It pays to be average.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch was defended by his wife.

The Brooklyn boy who was killed and dismembered was given a lethal cocktail of drugs before he was smothered with a towel, authorities said Wednesday.

Dwindling mail volume and a severe cash flow crisis may result in the loss of Saturday mail delivery and prompt a three-day-a-week delivery within 15 years, U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has advised India to take a more assertive role in Asia.

U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., refused to back down from an e-mail calling Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz vile and not a lady after she indirectly criticized his embrace of a plan that would burden Medicare recipients.

A former NASA astronaut prepares to tell a gathering of UFO investigators that he's found no evidence of a close encounter.

“To judge Mr. Murdoch at this particular point in time is rather premature,” Perry said.

The Institute of Medicine, or IOM, has recommended that the federal government consider having free birth control as part of its preventive services supporting women's health.

Here are the ten highest-paid national leaders in the world, as compiled by Newsflavor.com.

Update on the Ratko Mladic war crimes trail in The Hague.