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Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson wants to raise the Medicare eligibility age to 70 as part of a health care plan released Wednesday that would reshape the popular program for the nation's elderly in addition...

Police, prosecutors, friends, families and acquaintances have unveiled details about the men who carried out the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris. Altogether, authorities say that three teams participated in the bloody assault and...

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday the U.S. is willing to assist the Iraqi army with more personnel and attack helicopters to help it fight Islamic State militants, especially in the battle to retake a key city in...

Abstract, free-association lyrics from The National’s Matt Berninger meet the music of Menomena’s Brent Knopf to create “El Vy”, a band currently touring overseas to promote their debut album. Multimedia display produced by Jillian Kitchener.

A police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of Freddie Gray testified in his own defense Wednesday, saying he didn't call for a medic because Gray was "unable to give me a reason for a medical emergency."

Stocks are heading mostly lower in midday trading as an early gain fades away.

Australian police on Wednesday raided the home and business premises of a man that technology news sites have claimed is the founder of virtual currency bitcoin.

British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed the contentious issue of limiting welfare benefits to Eastern Europeans living in Britain as he began a visit Wednesday to Romania and Poland.

Volkswagen said Wednesday that a problem with carbon dioxide emissions is far smaller than initially suspected, with further checks finding "slight discrepancies" in only a few models and no evidence of illegal changes to...

Shares of Dow Chemical and DuPont are trading sharply higher amid reports that the two chemical giants are in advanced merger discussions.

(Reuters) - Eighty Boston College students fell ill after eating at a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant this past weekend, and early test results point to the highly contagious norovirus as the culprit, public health investigators said on Tuesday.

(Reuters) - Eighty Boston College students fell ill after eating at a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant this past weekend, and early test results point to the highly contagious norovirus as the culprit, public health investigators said on Tuesday.

The former chief of one of the country's largest local law enforcement agencies was arrested Wednesday on charges he attacked a man suspected of breaking into the officer's SUV and stealing a duffel bag.

At least seven people were killed in Burundi overnight, including five men shot by the police, in districts with heavy opposition to President Pierre Nkurunziza. Nathan Frandino reports.

At least seven people were killed in Burundi overnight, including five men shot by the police, in districts with heavy opposition to President Pierre Nkurunziza. Nathan Frandino reports.

IAC/InterActiveCorp is forming a new digital publishing company that will group all of its websites together.

The U.S. won't elect a president until next year but the debate over the crowded field of candidates jostling for the Oval Office emerged as the hottest topic on Facebook this year.

The latest developments on the war in Syria. All times local.

Turkey's prime minister on Wednesday defended the country's deployment of additional forces to Iraq last week, saying it was an "act of solidarity" with Iraq's fight against the Islamic State group.

The latest on the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris that killed 130 people. All times local:

A Jamaican gay rights activist has brought a rare legal challenge to the Caribbean island's anti-sodomy laws that criminalize sex between men.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is promising to protect the country's socialist revolution from what he says are "bad guy" opposition leaders who will take control of Congress next month.

Seven more people were killed in Burundi's capital in violence associated with turmoil over President Pierre Nkurunziza's extension of his term in office, witnesses said Wednesday.

Poland's new ruling conservative party is moving forward on legislation to lower the retirement age from 67 years to 60 for women and 65 for men, with the prime minister promising Wednesday that it would not be a huge...

Douglas Tompkins, the co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing companies who bought up large swaths of land in South America's Patagonia region to keep them pristine, has died from severe hypothermia in a...