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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s increasingly isolated and repressive government thought it had scored

A man who won one of the largest lottery payments in U.S. history has filed a federal lawsuit agains

LONDON (AP) — Irish police said Thursday that five people were injured, including three young childr

Engage Men's Health, a nonprofit organization in South Africa, offers testing and medications to pre

The California men's basketball program has asked officials at the SoCal Challenge holiday tournamen

Paula Peters remembers learning about the pilgrims' arrival in North America in elementary school, t

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji’s leader says that after meeting with China’s President Xi Jinpi

Sean "Diddy" Combsis getting hooked up with a computer as he awaits trial on sex trafficking, racket

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MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — International movie stars arrive in Morocco on Friday to kick off one of t

A proposed rule from the Federal Communications Commission would bar pay-TV companies from charging

A record number of Americans are 401(k) millionaires, thanks to a surging stock market. The tally of

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar ’s military-controlled government said Thursday that almost half of more than

ROME (AP) — After the latest, horrifying killing of a college student allegedly by her resentful and

Make noise! A murder and a movie stir Italians to loudly demand an end to violence against women