Julia Glum

South Africa and Mozambique granted permission after recently found items were deemed “almost certainly” from a missing passenger jet.

As Brazil prepares to host the costly Summer Olympics, students are protesting education cuts by taking over schools across Rio de Janeiro state.

More than 50 storefronts were wrecked in the capital of Syria, which is already reeling from five years of civil war and ISIS aggression.

An air campaign and ground forces have attacked money storage sites 15 times in recent months, blowing up some $500 million in cash.

Songs and albums by the artist, whose remains were cremated Saturday, have been selling fast, adding to a $300 million fortune he left — for no obvious heirs.

The Bard of Avon probably wore a gold earring, married a pregnant woman and wrote the play that inspired the Amanda Bynes classic, “She’s the Man.”

Words of the famous writer’s nearly 40 plays live on today. Here are 20 of our favorites.

Authorities say they have interviewed more than 30 people in connection with the Friday deaths of eight family members in Pike County.

Rabbis Chaim Kanievsky and Yitzchak Zilberstein sniffed some marijuana leaves this week and said they had a "healing smell."

Self-inflicted deaths of girls 10-14 spiked 200 percent from 1999-2014, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found.

Did you know Earth Day started in 1970 because of a United States senator?

A proposed drug policy overhaul in Mexico would increase the amount that weed users can legally carry from 5 to 28 grams.

Less than a week before his death Thursday, the singer was rushed to a hospital for a “save shot­” to counter effects of an opiate, a report said.

The student, who was not named, was giving a presentation on the 1920s and tried to use the costume as a prop.

Readers are more likely to be interested in issues with the GOP candidate on the cover than normal ones, according to a survey out Thursday.

The former University of Birmingham student wrote a 2011 blog post where she criticized Zionist politics.

Did you know the Queen speaks fluent French and once worked as a mechanic?

The famous writer was born on this day in 1816.

The Danforth campus of Washington University had been on lockdown Wednesday after a woman was injured by gunfire, a report said.

Pearl Jam, Cirque du Soleil and Boston are among the groups that have called off shows due to anti-transgender legislation in North Carolina and Mississippi.

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said he strongly disagreed with the Tuesday decision but was analyzing what it meant for his state.

One group of students decided to host a counter-event called Whatever Day, writing on Facebook: “Unlike others, we do not want to proselytize and entice anyone to wear a particular religious dress.”

Seventeen years after the Columbine killings, experts say schools need to rethink their approaches for assessing and responding to threats.

The original arch was destroyed by the Islamic State group, which occupied the Syrian city from roughly May 2015 to March 2016.

Changing or replacing the seal would fall in line with schools across the country that have removed Confederate imagery.

Millennials on the social media app preferred Democrat Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton, 56.9 percent to 5 percent.

A magnitude-7.3 temblor early Saturday compounded the misery from a previous magnitude-6.5 quake.

Dozens of international students have seen their homes and cars burglarized and vandalized over the past few months in Pocatello, Idaho.

Thousands were in shelters Friday because their homes were damaged and power was out.