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Gerry Goffin, a hit songwriter and former husband of Carole King, died early Thursday. He was 75.

Texas inmates have filed a lawsuit over soaring temperatures in state prisons that they say have killed at least 12 prisoners in the last three years.

Al-Shabaab, the al Qaeda-linked group, isn't behind an attack in the Kenyan town of Mpeketoni on Sunday that killed at least 48, President Uhuru Kenyatta says.

The families of two men who were killed are suing the New England Patriots to prevent them from paying Aaron Hernandez, who has been charged in their deaths.

At least three people have been killed and 52 injured after Buddhist mobs rampaged through Muslim areas in southwest Sri Lanka, police say.

President Barack Obama said he can act in Iraq without congressional approval, but how will he intervene?

Thousands of unaccompanied children are illegally crossing the border in a crisis of epic proportions.

The U.S. has reached a milestone in the decades-long war on drugs: The Cali cartel, once the biggest drug trafficking organization in the world, is no more.

Transcript of President Barack Obama's remarks Thursday on the U.S. response to the crisis in Iraq.

Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. wants only to communicate with Iran, not work with the country, to push back ISIS militants threatening Iraq.

William "Kyle" Carpenter, a Marine who took a grenade blast in Afghanistan, will receive the Medal of Honor, the White House says.

The thousands of immigrant children pouring across the nation's southern borders walked into a volatile political landscape on matters of reform.

The truck that rear-ended Tracy Morgan's limo was going 20 mph over the limit and its driver approached legal limits on how long he could drive, the NTSB said.

Cases of the chikungunya virus have now been documented in Cuba and the United States. Learn about the spread of the chikungunya virus in the Americas.

Three men pleaded guilty Thursday in the mob beating of a 54-year-old grandfather after he inadvertently struck a child with his truck in April.

Harrison Ford suffered a broken leg, not an injured ankle as the studio previously said, on the "Star Wars" set last week, his publicist said Thursday.

"Game of Thrones" has been setting ratings records for HBO this season, so it's probably no surprise that the fantasy hit is once again settings records for illegal downloading too.

You can only keep them for a week. But T-Mobile is handing out free iPhones, along with a trial run of its service, in its latest unorthodox promotion.

Here's what we'll be talking about and looking forward to today at the World Cup:

The World Cup isn't even a week old yet, but Wednesday could see defending champions Spain knocked out.