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The North Carolina 5yearold fatally shot while playing in his front yard carried a big smile and a big heart, the boy's grandfather recalled at his funeral.

Greenland's ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with the ice likely to melt away no matter how quickly the world reduces climatewarming emissions, new research suggests.

South Korea's President Moon Jaein said on Saturday, the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two, that his government was always ready to talk with Tokyo about disputes over history that continue to divide the two neighbours.

From cries of "betrayal" to fears about "falling dominoes", the deal making the United Arab Emirates the third Arab state to forge ties with Israel stirred anger and dismay around the Middle East, but a cautious welcome from the UAE's Gulf allies.

Former President Barack Obama said on Friday he worries about protecting the integrity of November's election in view of efforts by President Donald Trump to "kneecap" the U.S. Postal Service to limit Americans voting by mail during the pandemic.

The appointments of two top homeland security officials in the Trump administration were improper, a U.S. government watchdog said on Friday in a decision that could complicate the administration's efforts to defend immigration policies in court.

Canada is planning for a "reasonable worst case scenario" in which new waves of the coronavirus would intermittently swamp the public health system and send the death toll soaring, officials said on Friday.

R. Kelly's manager has been arrested on charges that he threatened a shooting at a Manhattan theater two years ago, forcing an evacuation and the cancellation of the screening of a documentary addressing allegations that the singer had sexually abused wom...

Alabama Gov. Kay Iveys chief of staff is quarantining at home after his wife tested positive for COVID19.

Colombian superstar J Balvin says he is recovering after battling the coronavirus.

Louisiana authorities have arrested three women accused of assaulting a teenage restaurant hostess because they were upset they couldnt all be seated together due to coronavirus distancing rules.

Results of a study in a town that had one of Germany's earliest coronavirus outbreaks found just 7.7% of residents have likely been infected with COVID19, researchers said on Friday, suggesting the prevalence of the flulike disease remains low.

ShanghaiPRIDE, one of China's longest running gay pride groups, said it was cancelling all activities and events for the foreseeable future, citing the need to protect the "safety" of its people and prompting a chorus of regret on social media.

HOME PRICES-STATISTICAL AREAS Map. Despite the global panedmic, U.S. home prices have been rising nationwide. This interactive map shows home price changes in U.S. metropolitan and micropolitan areas from May 2019 through May 2020. This map is current as...

When Tokuso Hamai saw the colorized version of an old blackandwhite photo of a picnic held under cherry tree blossoms sometime before World War II, forgotten memories of family members, most of whom died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, came po...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday sought to reassure parents he is doing all he can to keep students safe as most schools in the state prepare to reopen next week.