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This is a developing story and being updated often. Tropical Storm Dorian became the season’s second hurricane Wednesday afternoon, according to the 2...

Their vehicle was ambushed in the Central African Republic on Monday. They were hoping to shed light on reports of a private Russian military company fighting in the country.

Facing a declining birthrate, China will allow married couples to have up to three children. This raises the previous ceiling of two children.

President Obama posthumously honors James Cheney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The three were murdered during Mississippi's Freedom Summer 50 years ago.

Funeral ceremonies are planned Tuesday for the three slain Israeli teenagers abducted earlier this month. Israel blames the Palestinian militant group Hamas for the murders.

Researchers estimate that the bird population has fallen by a quarter since 1970. More than 90% of the loss can be attributed to just a dozen bird families, including sparrows, blackbirds and finches.

The U.S. Department of the Interior has issued its final report in an investigation into the legacies of federal Indian boarding schools.

Health officials are urging parents to make sure their children are vaccinated against measles after three cases of the disease were reported in...

A Fox Lake County police officer was killed Tuesday morning in a suburb north of Chicago. Local and federal officers are searching for the suspected killers.

Campbell Brown, Facebook's head of news partnerships, describes the company's $100 million investment in local news agencies.