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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's president on Friday urged Prime Minister Victor Ponta to resign over corruption allegations including tax evasion ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State militants have reduced the amount of water flowing to government-held areas in Iraq's western Anbar province, an official...

ADDISON, Texas (AP) — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry launched his presidential campaign four years ago as an instant front-runner — a proven job-creator...

JIANLI, China (AP) — Disaster teams that have recovered 77 bodies from a capsized cruise ship in the Yangtze River launched preparations late Thursday...

WARREN, Maine (AP) — The triggerman in the Pamela Smart murder case — whose 1991 trial prompted sensational media coverage and spawned a Nicole Kidman...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Flooding in Ghana's capital swept stored fuel into a nearby fire, setting off a huge explosion at a gas station that killed 73 peo...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A judge threw out a lawsuit over $1.65 million in gambling debts against the owner of racehorse American Pharoah Thursday, clearin...

NEW YORK (AP) — American cities are enticed by the economic growth and services that "sharing economy" companies such as Airbnb, Uber and Lyft can off...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, generally seen as a master congressional deal-maker, walked into a legislative dead end on d...

BOSTON (AP) — The man who was shot and killed by terrorism investigators had been spreading propaganda for the Islamic State group online, the chairma...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman is accused of locking her 13-year-old son out of the house overnight as punishment for missing his curfew, leaving...

JIANLI, China (AP) — Chinese authorities deployed scores more divers and a large crane as they escalated efforts Wednesday to recover more than 410 pe...

FIFA President Sepp Blatter will resign from soccer's governing body amid a widening corruption scandal and promised Tuesday to call for fresh electio...

BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers heard trapped survivors yelling for help Tuesday from inside a capsized cruise ship on China's Yangtze River after it went dow...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Monday reassigned the leader of the Transportation Security Administration and directed t...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Tuesday confirmed the country's first two deaths from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome as it fights to contai...

LONDON (AP) — In the House of Commons, they're calling for Sepp Blatter's head. And even inside the FIFA president's own executive committee, there is...

TOKYO (AP) — Ultimately when it comes to adventure, however advanced the technology, the weather holds the trump card. A solar-powered plane attemptin...