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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ming Qu was a day shy of his 24th birthday and had plans to return to China at the end of the semester to work....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ming Qu was a day shy of his 24th birthday and had plans to return to China at the end of the semester to work....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ming Qu was a day shy of his 24th birthday and had plans to return to China at the end of the semester to work....

A panel of the nation's Catholic bishops said Thursday that their flock "must have the courage not to obey unjust laws" and called for Catholic political leaders, clergy and laity to pray, fast and speak out for religious liberty during a two-week period that ends on Independence Day.

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KODIAK — Two Coast Guard members were fatally shot at a communications station on an island off Alaska, officials said Thursday.

Officials said it remained unclear if the deaths at the Coast Guard station on Kodiak Island were a double homicide or murder-suicide. Capt. Jesse Moore said it was ...

Spanish conservationists say there is a ray of hope for the world's most endangered cat, the Iberian lynx.

New hope for the endangered Iberian lynx

US President Barack Obama defends Ann Romney, the wife of his Republican rival, and says there is "no tougher job" than being a mother.

A decision on whether Megaupload users should get their data back could be made in a US court shortly.

Prototype contact lenses designed to offer troops enhanced vision are ordered by the US Department of Defense's research lab.

Two teenagers are arrested in connection with an investigation into reports that hackers accessed Scotland Yard's anti-terror hotline.

The UN Security Council calls for an immediate and unconditional end to fighting on Sudan's southern border.

Lung cancer cases in women are continuing to rise, according to figures released by Cancer Research UK.

The cars and bands that helped shape the West Midlands

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee expressed serious concerns that the U.S.-Afghanistan deal giving Afghans authority over night raids could put Americans at greater risk and undercut intelligence gathering critical in the long war....

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- International envoy Kofi Annan told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday he was "encouraged" at the start of a fragile cease-fire in Syria but said the government failed to keep its pledge to withdraw troops and heavy weapons from cities and towns....

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- International envoy Kofi Annan warned Thursday that Syria is drifting toward full-blown civil war and blamed the failure of his peace plan primarily on President Bashar Assad's government. He urged the divided U.N. Security Council to threaten "consequences" if Assad doesn't stop the violence....