Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — John Spratt, a former longtime Democratic congressman from South Carolina who

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions and their fans waited a long time to celebrate as they did last wee

A Kansas couple has been charged with fraudulently collecting a dead relative's retirement benefits

BEIJING (AP) — A landslide in southwestern China’s mountainous Yunnan province early Monday buried 4

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Anthropologist Carla Handley is sitting cross-legged in a mud-walled house in a Kenyan village calle

PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) — Three people died and three others were injured in an early morning fire at a ho

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A man is suing the California Lottery alleging he has not received part of his winnings from a nearl

CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s state-owned oil company resumed production at the country’s largest oilfield Su

MILAN, N.H. (AP) — Some of the Northeast’s best young ski jumpers took flight at the country’s oldes

PARIS (AP) — Schiaparelli, piloted by the inventive Daniel Roseberry, inaugurated Paris Couture Week

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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served as White House press secretary under former Preside

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted Sunday, spreading searing gas clouds a

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi unleashes lava as other volcanoes flare up, forcing thousands to evacuate