Manchester attack probe: 14 people in detention

  London (AFP) - A total of 14 people are in detention in Britain and Libya over Monday's suicide bombing at a pop concert in the E...

Portland stabbing victims hailed as heroes

The victims of the deadly stabbing attack aboard a light-rail train in Portland, Ore., on Friday are being hailed as heroes for interve...

Gregg Allman, Soulful Trailblazer of Southern Rock, Dies at 69

Gregg Allman, the soulful singer-songwriter and rock n' blues pioneer who founded The Allman Brothers Band with his late brother, D...

8 dead in shooting rampage in Mississippi; suspect arrested

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) -- A man who got into an argument with his estranged wife over their children was arrested in a house-to-house s...

Trump exalts ‘great win’ for candidate charged with assault

President Trump praised his party’s Thursday win in Montana, where a special election was decided in favor of Republican Greg Gianforte...

Palestinians end mass hunger strike in Israel jails

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on hunger strike since April 17 have ende...

Trump's trip: Conventional images and unconventional talk

TAORMINA, Sicily (AP) — As he dashed through the Middle East and Europe, Donald Trump looked like a conventional American leader abroad...

Jim Bunning, Hall of Fame pitcher and former U.S. Senator, dead at 85

Hall of Fame pitcher and former U.S. senator Jim Bunning has died, the Associated Press reported on Saturday. He was 85 years old. Acco...

CPSC warns parents to keep fidget spinners 'away from young children' after swallowing incidents

Incidents involving a popular child's toy known as "fidget spinners" are being investigated by the Consumer Product Safet...

Alabama executes man for 1982 murder-for-hire

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An inmate once called the "Houdini" of Alabama's death row for escaping seven past execution dates th...

Man Charged With Trying to Bite Flight Attendant, Jumping Out of Plane: Cops

A commercial airline passenger allegedly tried to bite a flight attendant this week before jumping out of the plane. A federal compla...

New Mexico high school teacher charged for allegedly having sex with student

New Mexico State Police arrested a high school teacher Thursday for allegedly having sex with a student four times. Tiana Sanchez is c...

Obama’s NSA rebuked for snooping on Americans; journo says it proves wide pattern

The secret court that oversees government snooping took the Obama administration to task late last year, suggesting it created "a ...

Republican health bill to leave 23m uninsured

Some 23 million people would lose health insurance over the next decade under the revised Republican healthcare plan, says a non-partis...

Bikram Choudhury: Judge issues arrest warrant against yoga founder

A Los Angeles judge has issued an arrest warrant against the founder of hot yoga after he failed to pay more than $6m (£4.6m) to his fo...

US Republican Greg Gianforte charged over Guardian reporter 'body slam'

The Republican candidate in a special congressional election in Montana, Greg Gianforte, has been charged with misdemeanour assault ove...

South Korean soldier given suspended jail term for gay sex

A South Korean military court has given an army captain a suspended six-month prison sentence for having sex with another male soldier....

Mount Everest: Bodies of four climbers found in tent

Four climbers have been found dead inside a tent on Mount Everest, taking the death toll this season to 10. The bodies were discovered ...

Stalin's grandson who rejected dictator's name dies at 75

Alexander Burdonsky, a talented Russian theatre director whose grandfather was Soviet leader Josef Stalin, has died of cancer aged 75. Bu...

Taiwan's top court rules in favour of same-sex marriage

Taiwan's top judges have ruled in favour of gay marriage, paving the way for it to become the first place in Asia to legalise same-se...