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As cities and states grapple with the future of Confederate monuments, the Alabama Supreme Court has weighed in on one: Putting plywood around its…

Along a short hallway on the upper floor of Decatur Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, a blue banner stretches across the wall, packed with scrawled…

Here is a look at the life of Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former president of South Africa. Personal Birth date: July 18, 1918 Death…

Here’s a look at the life of renowned theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astronomer and mathematician, Stephen Hawking. Personal Birth date:…

The remains found in the woods in Alabama have been positively identified as Aniah Blanchard, a college student who disappeared last month,…

The U.S. Embassy in Burkina Faso’s capital said it had ordered the departure of family members of embassy employees under the age of 21 from…

An Armenian-born spy whom the Kremlin says helped to thwart a Nazi plot to assassinate Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin in…

Black holes are known as destructive forces in the universe, shredding stars and using immense gravity to pull in gas, dust and light. But…

Granny, get your gun. Florence Teeters, a 104-year-old Wisconsin woman, got her first hunting license this week then and nabbed a deer on her first…

Senior doctors in Zimbabwe’s public hospitals have downed tools in protest against deteriorating working conditions and the firing of over 435…

Virtual reality isn’t just for video games anymore. The technology is changing industries that many people had never thought it would, such as,…

Last year, a dust storm encircled Mars for months, ending NASA’s Opportunity mission when sunlight couldn’t reach the solar-powered…

Chicago police officers have seized more than 10,000 guns this year, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said. That’s about one gun…

This story was originally published in the November 27 edition of CNN’s Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global…

Seven men were sentenced to death Wednesday by a court in Bangladesh after being found guilty of helping to organize the country’s deadliest…

A Colorado couple has been charged with animal cruelty after a video surfaced of their horse tied to the back of a pickup truck and dragged down a…