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SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — The plane sought permission to climb above threatening clouds. Air traffic control couldn't say yes immediately — there was no room. Six other airliners wer...

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Dozens of new Ebola cases have erupted in Liberia, near the border with Sierra Leone, Liberian health officials warned Monday, marking a setback amid recent improvements...

HOUSTON (AP) — A spokesman for George H.W. Bush says that the former president will remain in a Houston hospital for now but that news of a “possible discharge” could come soon.Famil...

BARI, Italy (AP) — The death toll in the Greek ferry fire has risen to eight and rescue workers are investigating if more people are still missing, Italian authorities said Monday. The evacuatio...

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — DeMarco Murray passed Emmitt Smith with a change-of-direction that left a safety flat-footed. Dez Bryant moved ahead of Terrell Owens by getting the left tiptoe down in the ...

(ROME) — In his annual Christmas message, Pope Francis urged the world to do more to dialogue for peace and help those afflicted by violence, exploitation, homelessness, and disease. From his ba...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. senator John McCain is in Kabul for Christmas day. The former presidential candidate met with Afghan president Ashraf Ghani and his chief executive officer Abdulla...

(NEW YORK) — Two more people have been charged with threatening NYPD officers, including one who allegedly called a threat into the grieving police precinct of two officers who were slain last w...

(NEW YORK) —  Those New Year’s resolutions to slim down may be the ironic reason most people don’t shed the extra weight they gain during the holidays, according to a new Cornel...

SANDRINGHAM, England (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II used her traditional Christmas broadcast Thursday to call for reconciliation throughout the United Kingdom and to praise medical workers fighting E...