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Star teenager Gout Gout has qualified fastest for Saturday's 100-meter semifinals at the Australian junior athletics championships, less than a week after setting an under-20 world record time in the 200 that was faster than Usain Bolt's best at that ...

House Republican leadership is rushing early Friday to renew a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies.

The leaders of France and the U.K. are holding an international summit to push forward efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil route affected by the U.S.

In September 1963, before Beatlemania, George Harrison visited his sister in the southern Illinois town of Benton.

When a new James Bond is announced, it will be the first time in more than two decades that a new 007 is minted. So we should cast a wide net, and have some fun with it.

The owner of home shopping network pioneer QVC _ which for years garnered the attention of millions of TV viewers looking for a deal on baubles and housewares, is planning to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fuerzas militares de Estados Unidos atacaron una embarcación el miércoles en el océano Pacífico oriental, lo que causó la muerte de tres hombres que, según el Pentágono, traficaban con drogas.

A new study finds the worrisome rise in colorectal cancer deaths among younger adults is concentrated in people with less education.

The American chestnut is a singular, iconic tree of the eastern United States. It was majestic, supported animals that lived under it and provided valuable timber.

Police in Virginia say Justin Fairfax, the state's former lieutenant governor, shot and killed his wife and then fatally shot himself.