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BERLIN - Cologne’s chief of police dismissed claims of racial profiling Sunday after officers detained hundreds of North African men in an effort to prevent a repeat of sexual assaults during Ne...

PUERTO CABELLO, Venezuela - When hunger drew tens of thousands of Venezuelans to the streets in protest last summer, President Nicolas Maduro turned to the military to manage the country’s dimin...

PUERTO CABELLO, Venezuela - When hunger drew tens of thousands of Venezuelans to the streets last summer in protest, President Nicolas Maduro turned to the military to manage the country’s dimin...

LOS ANGELES - No, Los Angeles residents, it wasn’t your hangovers playing tricks on you. The Hollywood sign really did read “HOLLYWeeD” for a few hours on New Year’s Day. Polic...

CHICAGO - One of the most violent years in Chicago history ended with a sobering tally: 762 homicides, the most in two decades in the city and more than New York and Los Angeles combined. The nation&#...

WACO, Texas - The first trial over a Central Texas gunfight involving rival motorcycle gangs that left nine people dead, 20 others hurt and more than 150 bikers charged is now set for April, 23 months...

NEW YORK - After a brief, flawless “Auld Lang Syne,” it was all downhill for Mariah Carey on New Year’s Eve. A representative for the million-selling superstar cited technical diffic...

ROME - Police in Florence say a bomb squad officer lost an eye and had to have a hand amputated after a suspicious package he was examining exploded before dawn Sunday. Florence Police Chief Alberto I...

Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer says he expects President-elect Donald Trump will boldly use Twitter to make major policy announcements. Trump was scolded by foreign policy experts la...

ISTANBUL - The Latest on the Istanbul nightclub attack (all times local): 12:05 a.m. Police have ended an operation in an Istanbul neighbourhood that Turkish media reports had said was launched in con...