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A new motion filed in the case of former U.S Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is asking the highest appeals court for the U.S. military to overturn his conviction, citing an alleged conflict of interest involving the judge who originally presided over his sentenci...

The Hawaii Supreme Court heard arguments Friday on the legality of issuing licenses to foreign workers in Hawaiis longline commercial fishing fleet, which for years has been under scrutiny after an Associated Press investigation revealed claims of human t...

Four police officers in northwest Louisiana have been charged with negligent homicide and malfeasance in connection with the death last April of a 44yearold Black man following a videorecorded altercation, a prosecutor's office announced Friday.

State and federal authorities are investigating the mysterious loss of a significant swath of a rare desert wildflower thats being considered for federal protection at a contentious mine site in Nevada with some of the largest untapped lithium deposits in...

The owner and director of an elementary school that collapsed in Mexico City during the 2017 earthquake has been found guilty of charges equivalent to manslaughter.

A rare storm, known as a Medicane (Mediterranean hurricane), pounded western Greece on Friday, flooding streets, uprooting trees and causing power cuts in the Ionian islands of Kefalonia, Zakynthos and Ithaca, and in areas of the western Peloponnese.

The Rochester City Council Friday gave investigators the power to subpoena city departments and others as part of an independent investigation into the suffocation death of Daniel Prude.

A California firefighter was reported dead on Friday as a front of humid and rainy weather aided the efforts of weary emergency crews and brought some relief to a region that has suffered a historically devastating fire season.

The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier safely transited on Friday through the Strait of Hormuz, the worlds most important chokepoint for oil shipments, the U.S. Navy said, as tensions with Iran continue to simmer.

A man serving two life sentences at an Indiana prison asked for the death penalty for a slaying of a fellow inmate, but a prosecutor said he is reluctant to pursue it.

Thousands of Hasidic Jews, stuck at the Ukrainian border for days due to coronavirus restrictions, have turned back without reaching their destination, the grave of a revered rabbi, officials said Friday.

An official with Poland's conservative governing party said Friday that the country's right-wing government coalition has collapsed.

Belarus' borders with Poland and Lithuania remained open Friday despite the nation's president declaring they would be closed and accusing the neighboring nations of instigating nearly six weeks of protests against his 26 year of authoritarian leadership.

The Czech Republic's new COVID19 infections accelerated as it reported more than 3,000 cases in a single day for the first time on Friday, a day after the daily tally first exceeded 2,000.

The metropolitan government in South Korea's capital Seoul said on Friday it would seek 4.6 billion won ($4 million) in damages against a church for causing the spread of the coronavirus by disrupting tracing and testing efforts.

Brazil and several other Latin American countries have informed the World Health Organization (WHO) they need more time to sign up for its global COVID19 vaccine allocation plan known as COVAX, officials said on Thursday.