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Hundreds of firefighters join efforts to tackle two of the biggest ever wildfires in the US states of Colorado and New Mexico.

LONDON (AP) -- Former British Prime Minister John Major said Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch tried to influence his government's dealings with the European Union, even hinting that the politician could lose the support of the media mogul's newspapers if he didn't change direction....

LA Times | "With 612 people killed in the county last year, nearly 1 in every 10 such deaths occurred at the hands of law enforcement officers."

HOUSTON (AP) -- More than 120 dolphins have stranded off the Texas coast, prompting a federal agency to declare the event "unusual" and investigate whether the deaths are related to others in the Gulf of Mexico....

Downing Street defends plans to allow gay and lesbian couples in England and Wales to get married amid criticism from the Church of England.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Voters are casting ballots Tuesday to resolve a bitter dispute over whether the University of North Dakota should save or scrap its Fighting Sioux nickname, even as supporters of the moniker promised to resume the battle this fall regardless of the outcome.

The issue has been simmering ...

MADRID (AP) -- Spain's benchmark borrowing rate hit its highest since the country joined the euro currency after Fitch credit ratings agency downgraded 18 domestic banks on Tuesday....

Lutalo Muhammad wants to prove GB Taekwondo right to select him ahead of Aaron Cook, by winning Olympic gold.

Foreign Office minister Lord Howell agrees to brush up his language skills after criticism over British pronunciations of the current and past French presidents.

The NME publicly apologises to singer Morrissey for an article it published in 2007 which, the singer claimed, suggested he was racist.

Bombardier Aerospace announces the biggest business aircraft sale in the company's history which, it says, will sustain existing jobs at its Belfast base.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- An Israeli scientist who has reached across political and ethnic boundaries to help dozens of countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South America improve agriculture with new methods of irrigation will receive the World Food Prize, the prize's foundation announced Tuesday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday fended off Republican demands that he appoint a special counsel outside of the Justice Department to look into national security leaks....

The partner of new French President Francois Hollande lends her support to an opponent of his former partner ahead of elections on Sunday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ann Rutherford, the demure brunette actress who played the sweetheart in the long-running Andy Hardy series and Scarlett O'Hara's youngest sister in "Gone With the Wind," has died. She was 94....

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Lawyers for Floyd Mayweather Jr. say the undefeated champion boxer may never fight again if he's not released from the Las Vegas jail he entered earlier this month....

Eleven bodies have been found and 13 people remain missing after a boat carrying 28 Haitian migrants ran into trouble while on its way to the United States, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.

An inquest hears a 15-year-old girl from Suffolk, who collapsed during a school PE lesson, died of sudden adult death syndrome.

More than 20 people, including several children, have been rescued from flooded caravans at two holiday parks in West Sussex after heavy rainfall.

Artist and presenter Rolf Harris is awarded one of Australia's highest honours, the Order of Australia, as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours list.