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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans will hold at least 246 House seats come January, according to election results Saturday, giving the GOP a commanding maj...

LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Hagupit slammed into the central Philippines' east coast late Saturday, knocking out power and toppling trees in a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shaking up his Pentagon leadership, President Barack Obama tapped policy wonk Ashton Carter to oversee the sprawling Defense Departm...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's new Orion spacecraft made a "bullseye" splashdown in the Pacific on Friday following a dramatic test flight that to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A burst of U.S. hiring in November — the most in nearly three years — added 321,000 jobs and provided the latest evidence that the U...

PARIS (AP) — Thousands of Holocaust survivors and family members in the United States and elsewhere will be entitled to compensation from a $60 millio...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A ferocious and dangerously erratic typhoon blew closer to the Philippines on Friday, as differing forecasts about its path...

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A one-day truce announced by Ukraine's president will serve as a test to see if the fighting in eastern Ukraine against Russian-b...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Justice Department investigates the chokehold death of an unarmed man in New York City, the prosecutor whose office is conduc...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police body cameras have become a rallying cry in the wake of racially charged decisions by grand juries in Ferguson, Missouri, and...

NEW YORK (AP) — From the White House to the streets of some of America's biggest cities, the New York chokehold case converged with the Ferguson shoot...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many people covered under President Barack Obama's health care law will face higher premiums next year, the administration acknowled...

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen threatened an American hostage who was the target of a rescue attempt by U.S. special forces last month...

NEW YORK (AP) — The flu vaccine may not be very effective this winter, according to U.S. health officials who worry this may lead to more serious illn...

GROZNY, Russia (AP) — Police waged hours-long gunbattles with Islamic militants who attacked Chechnya's capital Thursday, leaving at least 20 people d...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Emboldened House Republicans issued a stern rebuke to President Barack Obama over immigration Thursday, passing a bill declaring his...

GROZNY, Russia (AP) — Police waged hours-long gunbattles with Islamic militants who attacked Chechnya's capital Thursday, leaving at least 20 people d...

LONDON (AP) — The United States, Britain and other allies promised Thursday not to abandon Afghanistan's new government, and the country's president s...