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Kayla Mueller, of Prescott, Arizona, had traveled to the Turkey-Syria border in 2012 to work with refugees.

Anna Graven, 41, was found unresponsive in her Derbyshire prison cell, dying shortly afterwards.

A number of judges have threatened Malibu Media with legal action if the company doesn't explain its legal methodology.

Republicans were more likely than Democrats to be worried about undocumented immigrants' effect on the workforce.

Moscow is expected to veto all future sanctions against Iran, heaping extra pressure on the White House's deal with the Middle Eastern country.

Speaking in Havana Friday morning, Secretary of State John Kerry praised the restoration of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba.

The Iran nuclear deal "isn’t a deal at all,” the Florida senator and presidential candidate said. “It is a string of concessions to a sworn adversary of the United States.”

"History is harsh," he said. "What is done cannot be undone."

Federal immigration officials should be alerted before an undocumented immigrant felon is set to be freed from a state jail or prison, a Republican state lawmaker says.

Lethal aid has been a sore point for Kiev since U.S. President Barack Obama decided in February to deny Ukraine's request for deadly weapons.

The thawing diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and Cuba reached a new level Friday with a flag-raising ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Havana.

Uber has a history of success with previous campaigns to attract public support.

Yahoo Livetext, the company's one-to-one messaging mobile app, is live. But will anyone use a video chatting app that's silent?

Japan’s neighbors had expected an apology from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe -- in a speech Friday -- for the country’s conduct during World War II.

Police officers in U.S. states with high rates of gun ownership are three times more likely to be killed than those in states with fewer gun owners, according to a new study.

A new study by U.S. scientists found that particles from the burning of coal were the primary cause of pollution-related health problems in the world's second-largest economy.

The PBOC set its midpoint yuan rate at 6.3975 per dollar prior to the market's open, firmer than the previous day's close of 6.3990.

From Guantanamo to Iraq, Jeb Bush is not afraid to defend former President George W. Bush's choices.

General Motors Co. is boosting production of its highly profitable large SUVs and trucks to a pace that could result in 48,000 to 60,000 additional vehicles for the 2016 model year, in a bid to capitalize on rising demand, sources told Reuters.

The company hired 11,000 women and 2,200 African-Americans, but both groups, along with Hispanics, remain underrepresented.

A Guardian reporter tweeted an insult to his colleague and columnist Chelsea Manning for being sentenced to solitary confinement. Then things got messy.