Hundreds of people were laid off today by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as t

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year — dropping to about the same leve

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LONDON -- A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan early Sunday, the U.S. Geol

An appeals court in Louisiana has ruled that Nasdaq can’t require diversity on the boards of compani

Two humanitarian organizations and an eyewitness who spoke to CBS News have accused Israeli forces o

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Women, children and older adults hiding in safe rooms gunned down mercilessl

CAIRO (AP) — Six months of war between Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary group has killed

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise:

KYIV, Ukraine -- With the eyes of the world glued to Israel and Gaza, Russia is waging a major new o

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A train derailment Sunday spewed coal and mangled train cars across a highway n

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A search and rescue operation was underway Monday after a dinghy carrying migr

WASHINGTON (AP) — What was once a bipartisan effort to expand by 66 the number of federal district j

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Daniel Noboa has managed to do what his father failed at five times: Getting e

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Commercial operations began Monday at Cambodia’s newest and biggest airp