A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken northern Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 640 others. The quake struck before dawn on Monday, damaging the historic ...

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Firefighters in Rome have been working to rescue a worker trapped beneath rubble after a medieval tower partially collapsed during renovation. The incident happened on Monday. The rescue was described ...

Officials in Nepal say an avalanche swept through a camp on Mount Yalung Ri on Monday and killed five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides. an Armed Police Force spokesperson ...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers may be strongly associated with southern California, but drummer Chad Smith’s heart never left the Midwest.

The man whose mistaken deportation galvanized opposition to President Donald Trump's immigration policies is charged in federal court in Tennessee with human smuggling. A judge this week will hear arg ...

The world's leading authority on hunger crises says famine has spread to two regions in war-torn Sudan. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification says famine has been detected in el-Fasher ...

Illinois head coach Shauna Green as the Illinois women’s basketball team opened their season with an exhibition game against Maryville (MO) at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Thursday, October.

Ciara, Foreigner, Lil Jon, Kool & the Gang, Busta Rhymes, Mickey Guyton and Teyana Taylor will feature in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which will ...

Stanley Chesley, a class-action lawsuit pioneer who took on cigarette companies and the makers of faulty breast implants until his legal career ended amid accusations of unethical ...

Urbana police said Samuel Garcia, 18, of Arcola, was taken into custody for his role in a fight that sent four people to the ...