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Bratton was credited with reducing crime in Los Angeles following the devastating riots of April 1992.

August's Perseid meteor shower has historically been providing the best opportunity for enthusiasts to catch meteor shows, but this year the Internet will let casual observers enjoy the show live online.

There is one thing that the doomsayers have gotten wrong: They aren?t nearly worried enough.

Middle-aged to older women who suffer from depression and are taking antidepressants were found to be associated with a 29 percent higher risk of having a stroke, according to Harvard researchers.

The ruling African National Congress estimated that the initial costs to establish the health care program at 128 billion rand ($18 billion).

Much of the violence has occurred in inner-city neighborhoods populated by the descendants of immigrants from the former British Empire

After hundreds of arrests this week, England and Wales now have 85,324 prison inmates, fewer than 2,000 below capacity.

He suffered head injuries in a brutal attack on Monday evening and was left in a coma.

As London youths rampaged through districts of the UK capital for three nights, British people copied the looters? tactics on Wednesday by starting to clean up shopping streets littered with debris from a night of looting.

Thousands of Chinese took to the streets of a southwestern town on Thursday, with some smashing police vehicles in the latest protest by citizens angered by the rough handling of local officials, according to news reports.

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron promised Thursday to crack down on street gangs, saying "the fightback has well and truly begun" against those who rioted across Britain.

British Prime Minister David Cameron is seeking U.S. law enforcement advice on solving the gang violence as the country deals with violent unrest in its cities.

For years together, scientists and researchers have been pondering over how plesiosaur ? the giant marine reptile that ruled the oceans 78 million years ago -- gave birth to young ones.

Supermodel Kate Moss has long since been the "Queen of Fashion" and her July 1, 2011 wedding was a display of opulence and high fashion.

Kids who get lots of antibiotics from their doctors are more likely to harbor the MRSA superbug, although it's still rare, a new study of British youngsters has found.

Thousands of residents of a town in southwest China took to the streets Thursday, smashing police vehicles in the latest protest by citizens angered by the rough handling of local officials, according to news reports.

The UK edition of fashion magazine Grazia has admitted that it slimmed down the waist of the Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine, by digitally altering an image from her wedding day, when she was dressed in an Alexander McQueen gown.

British newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror will report first-half results on Friday and give an update on current trading expected to show a benefit from the closure of rival News Corp's News of the World.

Three teenagers have been arrested for the riotous fire that tore through Sony's Digital Audio Disc Corporation warehouse in north London Monday, destroying more than 1.5 million CDs, BBC reports.

From shopkeepers and middle-class writers to Sikh communities and right-wing soccer "fans," Londoners are ready to take action to protect their homes and businesses from rioting.

Residents of a London housing estate laughed at a televised plea by police for parents to call their children and help rein in the youths who looted and burned swathes of the city.