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With precision and boundless energy, a team of carpenters used medieval techniques to raise up by hand a threeton oak truss Saturday in front of Notre Dame Cathedral, a replica of the wooden structures that were consumed in the landmark's devastating Ap...

Two people have died as a hurricanelike storm pounded central Greece, flooding streets and homes, the authorities said on Saturday.

Reza Khandan said that healthcare professionals decided to hospitalize his wife, Nasrin Sotoudeh, because of heart and respiratory problems as well as low blood pressure.

President Donald Trump is escalating his promise for a coronavirus vaccine before Election Day.

Russian policemen detained historian Valery Solovei after he and dozens of other protesters marched through the centre of Moscow on Saturday to show solidarity with protests in the far eastern city of Khabarovsk.

Mourners dropped off bouquets and gathered outside the Supreme Court early Saturday in quiet tribute to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Homemade cardboard signs and a collection of flowers blanketed the court's grounds.

Witnesses say a cargo plane has crashed at the international airport in Somalia's capital.

France's foreign ministry said on Friday that Lebanon's political forces need to assume their responsibilities and immediately form a government under the auspices of Prime Minister Mustapha Adib.

Trump said distribution of a vaccine will begin within 24 hours of it being approved by federal health regulators.

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday he had tested positive for coronavirus, but had no symptoms and would continue to carry out his duties while quarantined at home.

House Democrats on Friday prepared a temporary spending bill that is needed to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month and that would allow lawmakers to leave Washington to campaign.

A psychiatrist retained by prosecutors in the sanity phase of a trial for a man who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper isn't barred by law from testifying about whether he believes the gunman was criminally responsible, but he can't directly compa...

The U.S. Postal Service on Friday agreed to destroy any mailers with misleading information about Colorado mail voting that it had not already sent, settling a lawsuit filed by the state's top elections official.

A California firefighter was reported on Friday to have been killed in a blaze that started at a gender reveal party, as rainy weather brought some relief to a region that has suffered a historically devastating fire season.

A Florida county commissioner is firing back at an antimask critic who took to social media, claiming to show the official's hypocrisy for pushing coronavirus safety precautions on the public while letting her COVID19 positive daughter defy them.

A firefighter died battling a wildfire in California that officials said was sparked by a device used to reveal a baby's gender.