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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Edith Wanjiku holds onto one of the few photos she’s left with of her teenage

A former lab manager at Northeastern University has been convicted of staging a hoax explosion at th

Severe thunderstorms on Friday and into the weekend are expected to dump heavy rain over the Midwest

Kia and Hyundai’s anti-theft software upgrades have deterred car thieves, but theft claims remain el

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — With school out for the summer and temperatures rising across the count

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson vetoed funding Friday for a school safety initi

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A Texas jury on Friday found a driver guilty of intoxication manslaughter over the deaths of eight p

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand immigration official has overturned a ban on the U.S. c

Tehran — Iranians, some of them at least, went to the polls Friday to elect a new president. The ele

A Russian satellite has broken up into at least 180 pieces of debris in space, forcing a NASA crew t

Russian satellite breaks up, sends nearly 200 pieces of space debris into orbit