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Al-Jazeera reports Peter Theo Curtis, an American journalist, was freed after being kidnapped near Syria two years ago.

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., calls James Foley beheading a turning point.

The U.S. Federal Reserve has not boosted its interest rates since 2006.

Still to be independently confirmed, the report states MI5 and MI6 know the identity of the man who killed the journalist.

Those attending on behalf of the White House include the chairman of the My Brother's Keeper task force.

The singer has branded the allegations "completely false," and was not arrested or charged at his meeting with detectives.

The group has cut off an entire town from food, water and medicine, the U.N. says.

The ECB's Mario Draghi says politicians should be doing more to reduce unemployment rates in the Eurozone.

Pentagon program started for "War on Drugs," ramped up during the "War on Terror."

Jackie Robinson West avenged its loss to Las Vegas earlier in the series.

Beijing says the US is to blame for the encounter.

John Foley said they never realized just "how brutal" the Islamic State militants were.

Americans remain in Islamic State custody as U.S. considers striking ISIS strongholds in Syria.

Michael Foley said he felt his brother may have volunteered to be sacrificed to save other hostages.

Western nations condemned Russia's decision to send the convoy into Ukraine without the permission of the Kiev government.

The U.S. reportedly sent Venezuelans, Costa Ricans and Peruvians to Cuba through a state-funded program aimed to topple Cuba’s government.

The settlement is valued at $1.2 billion after deducting the current estimated value of the low-quality securities.

The Chinese jet flew wingtip-to-wingtip with the U.S. plane, coming as close as 10 yards, and made multiple passes at the aircraft.

A cyber attack at a firm that performs background checks for U.S. government employees compromised data of at least 25,000 workers, including some undercover investigators, and that number could rise, agency officials said on Friday.

Militants have called for attacks against U.S. interests, and even sleeper-cell attacks in the West, following U.S. airstrikes against ISIS.