The United States once cheered the creation of South Sudan as an independent nation. Now the U.S. is being asked to explain ...

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The Justice Department moved Wednesday to cancel a settlement with Minneapolis that called for an overhaul of its police ...

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After his best friend and four other of his fellow death row inmates have been put to death in less than a year, a South ...

The Lebanese and Palestinian presidents agreed Wednesday that Palestinian factions won’t use Lebanon as a launchpad for any ...

On a rainy March evening, John Bateman puts on his boots and a headlamp and heads to a wetland cut through by a busy road. As ...

A judge has ordered U.S. officials to appear at an emergency hearing Wednesday to answer questions about their apparent ...

There’s no sufficient way of explaining what it’s like to be around Spike Lee, but his new film, “Highest 2 Lowest” comes ...

At the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, rituals of faith unfold: worshippers kneel in prayer, visitors raise their palms skyward or ...

United Way Worldwide and a group of foundations launched a new award Tuesday for “civic bravery,” which includes grants of up ...