Magnus Carlsen, the world's top chess player, has quit the World Rapid Chess Championship being held in New York after ...

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Yellen told Congress her agency will need to start taking "extraordinary measures," or special accounting maneuvers intended ...

Gaza's Health Ministry said Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, was arrested by Israeli forces along ...

It's unclear how the issue of ownership of the Panama Canal became a talking point for President-elect Donald Trump this week ...

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Moo Deng and Haggis are joined by another slick, round supreme on the scene. Fans of the new baby can cast their vote to name ...

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After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold in ...

Severe weather conditions across the U.S. could disrupt holiday travel this weekend, as millions of people set out to reach ...