Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Tibet on Wednesday to mark the 60th anniversary of the consolidation of Beijing's long-contested rule over the Himalayan territory.

The death toll from a shooting at a mosque in northwestern Nigeria has risen to 50, a local official said Wednesday.

The family of a man who was hit and killed by an SUV on a highway after a sheriff's deputy shocked him with a Taser has reached a $5 million settlement with a Colorado county in his death, lawyers and ...

But this Lutheran church some 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the region's minority languages — Northern Sami, Finnish and Meänkieli – into worship services, ...

Tiger Woods is a major player in golf again, this time without clubs. He was appointed Wednesday to chair a new committee charged with taking a fresh look at the competitive model for how the PGA Tour ...

PITTSBRURGH — Baseball's top pitching prospect is getting called up to the majors. The Pittsburgh Pirates have decided to promote 22-year-old right hander Bubba Chandler ahead of their game Friday ...

The winged passenger ferry gliding over the surface of Narragansett Bay could be a new method of coastal transportation or a new kind of warship.

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When Tre Little two-stepped in his cowboy boots at the BET Awards preshow this summer, he was overcome with joy and gratitude.

Target Corp. on Wednesday named Michael Fiddelke as its new chief executive, promoting the company veteran who has served as ...

Security at the Capitol complex has been under renewed scrutiny in recent weeks following the assassination of the Hortmans. State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman, where also shot in ...

Myanmar ‘s military has regained control of a strategic town in eastern Kayah state from the opposition's armed forces after nearly two years, state media reported Wednesday.