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Thai wildlife officials say that more than half of the tigers rescued three years ago from a Buddhist temple where they served as a popular tourist attraction have died of disease...

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang's campaign said Monday that it has received more than 450,000 entries for a contest to promote his "freedom dividend" proposal....

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Taiwan says Solomon Islands has switched diplomatic recognition to mainland China, condemns move...

Police say 36 people missing after boat sinks in Congo east of the capital...

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President Donald Trump jealously raged against Barack Obama's post-presidency business deals, which includes a production agreement with Netflix — and other social media users ridiculed his apparent envy. Trump questioned that deal and others in...

Analysts warn that Saturday's drone attack on two Saudi oil facilities, which appear to have shattered the prospect of a rapprochement between Tehran and Washington, could push the price of a barrel of oil as high as $100.The drone strike came as it e...

Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding a missing woman from Montgomery County....

St. Paul police say an officer has fatally shot a man who rammed his police vehicle...

French lawyers, doctors, nurses, pilots and others are taking to the Paris streets Monday to protests against a planned pension reform by French President Emmanuel Macron's government...

General Motors employees went on strike nationwide Monday following the expiration of the company's collective bargaining contract with the United Auto Workers....

A Moscow court has sentenced a man who claimed to be a bystander at a summer opposition protest to 3 years in prison...

BURLINGTON, N.C. (AP) - Authorities in North Carolina say they found three people dead inside a home while responding to a call of a shooting. News outlets report that Burlington police officers entered a home Sunday afternoon and found the bodies of 47-y...

PARIS (AP) - French lawyers, doctors, nurses, pilots and others are taking to the streets of Paris to protest planned pension changes by French President Emmanuel Macron's government. Monday's demonstration gathers people working in the private se...

Both Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed last week that Trump remained open to such talks....

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say police shot and wounded a man who allegedly pointed a gun at officers in suburban Detroit who were responding to a report of an argument. The shooting happened about 3:30 a.m. Monday in Sterling Heights. Poli...

America's system of government has always worked on the honor system. With so few Senate-confirmed Cabinet and federal agency heads, and so many "acting" officials working in the Trump administration, people who are constantly forced to auditi...

MOSCOW (AP) - A Moscow court has sentenced a man who claimed to be a bystander at a summer opposition protest to 3 years in prison. The court on Monday found Pavel Ustinov guilty of assaulting police during a July 27 protest in Moscow. Ustinov became the ...

Most middle-class Americans will not be able to afford what the former first lady is charging to see her at her latest event...

Iran on Monday ruled out the possibility that its president, Hassan Rouhani, would meet with President Trump when the two leaders attend the United Nations General Assembly next week....

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Police say a Bismarck woman has lost $98,000 in a scam by a caller who claimed his company had deposited too much money into her account. Officer Lynn Wanner says the 78-year-old woman overnighted cash to the fake company several tim...

The Maine Republican's spouse bought shares of cybersecurity firm Akamai in August, his first purchase of the stock this year. Akamai stock has trounced the S&P 500 index this year....

COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man has been charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old Atlanta girl who had been reported missing. News outlets report Emanuel Moore also is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Moore was arrested this ...

Sanctions highlight more than $1 billion in alleged digital thefts....

Prisons in Oklahoma are locked down after several inmate fights over the weekend caused one inmate death and more than a dozen injuries...

The Saturday tweet read in part, "Having a penis thrust in your face at a drunken party may seem like harmless fun."...

Former regulators are criticizing deregulation....

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - At least six Oklahoma prisons are locked down after several inmate fights caused one inmate death and more than a dozen injuries. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says fights broke out Saturday at the Northeast Oklahoma Correcti...

Sudan's Health Ministry says at least 7 dead in cholera outbreak over past weeks in southeastern province...

Shops have shut in Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil-majority north in support of a rally demanding an international probe into alleged atrocities committed during the nation's civil war...

Prisons in Oklahoma are locked down after several inmate fights over the weekend caused one inmate death and more than a dozen injuries......

CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's Health Ministry says at least seven people have died from a cholera outbreak over the past three weeks in a southeastern province. It says dozens have been infected in the outbreak in the Blu Nile province. No cases have been repo...

Sudan's Health Ministry says at least 7 dead in cholera outbreak over past weeks in southeastern province......

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Shops have shut in Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil-majority north in support of a rally demanding an international probe into alleged atrocities committed during the nation's civil war and an end to alleged state-sponsored effort...

Offering rewards to catch criminals may, in rare instances, motivate people to come forward with a tip. Few people, however, claim rewards, and there's little evidence that they work....

Sen. Michael Bennet said he hopes the FBI will conduct a more thorough investigation in light of new allegations tied to Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, while stopping short of some of his 2020 Democratic presidential rivals' explicit calls ...

NPR's David Greene talks to Michigan Radio reporter Tracy Samilton and Kristin Dziczek at the Center for Automotive Research about workers striking after a new contract wasn't reached....

Hundreds of medical staff at a Hong Kong hospital have rallied to support months of protests for democratic reforms and denounce police use of force, after new violence over the weekend rocked the semi-autonomous Chinese territory....

Lafayette County sheriff's deputies are looking for a hit-and-run driver who crashed into an Amish buggy, injured a man and killed his horse....

TOWN OF DARLINGTON, Wis. (AP) - Lafayette County sheriff's deputies are looking for a hit-and-run driver who crashed into an Amish buggy, injured a man and killed his horse. Authorities say 20-year-old Joseph King, the horse and buggy were thrown into...

President Donald Trump betrayed his apparent jealously over Barack Obama's production deal with Netflix in a new Twitter rant. The former president and first lady Michele Obama made their Hollywood debut last month with the documentary "American F...

More than 3,000 people have been detained in Kashmir since Aug. 5...

North Korea says it may be willing to discuss "denuclearization" with the United States if unspecified "threats and hurdles" to its security and development are addressed.The comments Monday by North Korea's Foreign Ministry come days ...

According to a report from the Daily Beast, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's name appears on legal documents for a modeling agency run by a friend of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein who also has been accused of sexual assault. The reports states...

The U.S. economy is stronger than in past oil crises, the UAW's walkout looks manageable, and a looming Fed rate cut can only help....

By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Monday proposed a major rewrite of U.S. laws......

Elizabeth Warren releases sweeping anti-government corruption proposal, providing policy roadmap for fight she says is at the core of her presidential campaign...

Elizabeth Warren releases sweeping anti-government corruption proposal, providing policy roadmap for fight she says is at the core of her presidential campaign......

Authorities say a 9-year-old boy died after being struck by a sport utility vehicle in an Omaha suburb....