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STONY BROOK, N.Y. - The professor scrawls “macho,” ”brave” and “strong” on a crowded blackboard, apt words for someone whose book titles are littered with “ma...

Declaring enough is enough, tens of thousands of young people from Maine to Alaska walked out of school to demand action on gun violence Wednesday in one of the biggest student protests since the Viet...

DENVER - It opens with a warning: This video contains footage from real police body cameras. Viewer discretion is advised. Then, an introduction: “I would like you to hear from me, what happened...

ORLANDO, Fla. - If jurors in a federal trial in Florida believe government prosecutors, the wife of the man who carried out one of the U.S.’s biggest mass shootings gave a “green lightR...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s firing is reverberating across a Middle East where Iran fears his replacement will fight to end the 2015 nuclear deal, a hop...

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - The Afghan capital is now the main focus of the anti-Taliban fight, with U.S. special forces conducting raids in the sprawling city and additional American military advi...

BERLIN - Angela Merkel is embarking on her fourth term as German chancellor in stormy times, facing pressure to bolster a fractious European Union and prove that liberal democracy can succeed as she f...

AMMAN, Jordan - Sara al-Matoura watched through a window as her one-year-old daughter’s chest heaved up and down under a tangle of medical wires. The 22-year-old mother from the Syrian city of H...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Survivors of this week’s plane crash at Nepal’s main airport said Wednesday that it was a miracle they survived an accident that killed 49 of the 71 people on board. Sho...

MELBOURNE, Australia - The alleged victims of the most senior Vatican official charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis finished testifying to an Australian court Wednesday. A hearing began las...