The effort to remove the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse grounds is riding strong momentum.
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Subway said Tuesday that the sandwich chain is parting ways with longtime pitchman Jared Fogle, whose Indiana home was raided earlier by investigators.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says San Francisco made a mistake in not following the Homeland Security recommendation to deport the illegal immigrant later accused of murder.
The Army this week will announce specific bases around the country that will be part of the next round of reductions in the force, with 40,000 troops to be cut by 2017, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday.
Three men were gored and 10 others taken to hospital on the first day of Pamplona’s week-long San Fermin festival in the northern Spanish city where bulls chase runners in red scarves through the streets.
Several tornadoes touched down in the Kansas City area Monday evening and vehicles were caught up in floodwaters that the storms produced.
Greek banks could start to run out of cash over the next two days if creditors do not agree to a new aid deal, two sources familiar with the country’s financial system said on Tuesday.
Authorities said one person died and five others were injured when part of an ice cave collapsed Monday in the North Cascades. Three of them were taken to a Seattle trauma center.
South Carolina lawmakers took a step Monday toward removing the Confederate battle flag that flies at the statehouse in Columbia, long denounced as a symbol of slavery by critics.
Every year, more than 600,000 Americans are released from prison back into their communities. And when they are, even a minor criminal record can make it hard to get a job and a place to live.
President Barack Obama pledged to increase U.S. support for the moderate opposition in Syria’s civil war on Monday and said the United States needed to do more at home to prevent attacks and combat Islamic State efforts to recruit followers.
The world’s oldest living person celebrated her 116th birthday Monday. Born on July 6, 1899, in Lowndes County, Ala., Susannah Mushatt Jones has lived in parts of three centuries, according to Guinness World Records.
A Massachusetts man has been charged with threatening President Barack Obama in a message posted to the FBI’s website, federal prosecutors said on Monday.
Falcon Heene, the “Balloon Boy” from the 2009 hoax in which his parents claimed he was in a helium balloon that floated from their home, has moved to Florida with his family and formed “the world’s youngest metal band.”
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who has been sentenced to death, filed a motion in federal court on Monday seeking a new trial, according to court records.