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BOSTON - The man who inspired the ice bucket challenge was honoured on Tuesday for helping to raise millions of dollars for Lou Gehrig’s disease research. Sept. 5 was declared Pete Frates Day, M...

NEW YORK - Meghan Markle says she and Prince Harry are “two people who are really happy and in love.” The 36-year-old American actress has opened up on her relationship with the 33-year-ol...

NEW YORK - Beyonce, Blake Shelton, Barbra Streisand and Oprah Winfrey will headline a one-hour benefit telethon to benefit Hurricane Harvey victims that will be simulcast next week on ABC, CBS, NBC, F...

BERLIN - Authorities in Germany say they’ve recovered 15 stolen paintings and drawings by German artist Georg Baselitz worth around 2.5 million euros ($2.9 million). Munich prosecutors said in a...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The contestants in the final stages at the Miss America competition will have to answer a second round of questioning on the way to winning the crown. Sam Haskell, executive chai...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Selling the Eiffel Tower Though he had no claim to the land or tower at all, one man managed to get two French scrap-metal dealers to pay him quite handsom...

A high fire risk has led to closures in a number of provincial parks in southern Alberta. Alberta Environment and Parks says wildfire conditions in the affected areas are well past the extreme level, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian and French authorities said Tuesday they uncovered an international corruption scheme aimed at buying votes in awarding the 2016 Olympics. It is the latest allegation to sul...

KYOTO, Japan - Usain Bolt is feeling no pressure in retirement, confident his best times can remain world records for decades. The only sprinter to capture the 100- and 200-meter track titles at three...

LONDON - Four serving members of the army were arrested under the Terrorism Act on suspicion of being members of a banned far-right group, British defence officials and police said Tuesday. The West M...