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The administration revealed a fourth American citizen had been killed in drone strikes.

A scout leader has emerged as an unlikely hero in the apparent terror attack.

So far, John Kerry has made little progress getting back to the negotiating table.

James Holmes is accused of spraying gunfire inside an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater.

An airway splint saved the life of a baby boy.

An 80-year-old man became the oldest person to conquer the 29,035-foot peak.

Gov. John Hickenlooper's decision to block a convicted killer's execution infuriates many.

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has denied parole to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group.

In 22 states, teen Hispanic birth rates plunged at least 40 percent.

Census estimates show most large U.S. cities further enhanced their allure last year.

A probe blames "extremely" poor quality construction materials for the tragic collapse.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co Ltd will recall about 841,000 vehicles worldwide including the Micra compact car, also known as the March, as a result of a steering wheel glitch, Japan's No.2 automaker said on Thursday. Nissan is recalling certain models of the Micra compact car produced in Britain and Japan between 2002 and 2006, as well as the Cube, produced in Japan around the same period. It is pulling back vehicles in Japan, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. ...

Zach Sobiech's "Clouds" became a YouTube sensation with more than 4 million views.

By Barbara Liston and Mark Hosenball ORLANDO, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chechen immigrant who was being questioned about his possible links to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot and killed by a federal agent in Florida on Wednesday after he suddenly turned violent, the FBI said. A friend of the dead man identified him to Reuters as 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev, who had previously lived in Boston and knew Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older of the two brothers suspected of planting two bombs at the marathon on April 15, killing three people and injuring 264. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama in which he plans to pledge more transparency to Congress in his counterterrorism policy.

By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could eventually produce plutonium for a nuclear weapon if Tehran decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday. In another development likely to worry the United States and its allies, the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran had added to its capacity to refine uranium, which can also provide the fissile core of a bomb if enriched to a high level. The IAEA also said Iran had asphalted a part of a military site, Parchin, that the U.N. ...

A report shows responders didn't adequately train for the situation.

The horrific daylight attack that left one person dead could have been worse.

Even teens who once craved iPhones are turning on the company.