State rejects Pope's plea to spare life of Ga. woman
Kelly Gissendaner was scheduled to be executed Tuesday night; state parole board again declines clemency after receiving letter from papal representative to U.S.
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House committee: U.S. fails to stop most people trying to join ISIS
House Homeland Security Committee chairman calls the findings "concerning," says "we are losing in this struggle to keep Americans from the battlefield"
Drew Peterson murder-for-hire trial delayed
The former suburban Chicago police officer is charged with soliciting an inmate to kill Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow
Nation's first marijuana resort to open in South Dakota
Santee Sioux leaders plan to grow pot and sell it in a smoking lounge that includes a nightclub, arcade games, bar and food service
Stranger calms stressed mom's baby on plane
As infant cries during first flight, a stressed mom finally gets the unexpected help she deserves
Edward Snowden joins Twitter
Former NSA contractor, currently in Russia, is following just one Twitter account on the social networking site
Californians burned by insurance companies
Even if their homes are nowhere near the two recent destructive fires, some Northern California residents received non-renewal letters
"A new era": Obama, Castro meet at U.N.
Encounter comes as Cold War adversaries go about complex process of normalizing relations following decades of animosity
Charges filed in ax murder of Detroit-area man
Prosecutors say that for reasons still unknown, the suspect swung an ax at 58-year-old man Saturday evening, killing him
Tropical Storm Joaquin strengthens in Atlantic
Meanwhile, Hurricane Marty ambles toward the south-central coast of Mexico in the eastern Pacific
2 arrested after UCLA student found dead during fire
Alberto Medina and Eric Marquez, students at Fresno State University and the University of California, Los Angeles, are suspected of killing Andrea DelVesco
Player's family allegedly storms locker room after mid-game attack
A high school football rivalry in California went from rough to violent, and it apparently didn't stop after the final whistle
Sorority mourns loss of Penn State student killed in car crash
Tally Sepot died in a one-vehicle accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike after a charity fundraising event
U.S. Border Patrol sanctioned for destroying video evidence
Sanctions stem from lawsuit alleging Tucson Sector routinely holds immigrants in inhumane, dirty and extremely cold cells
Alabama governor OKs divorce settlement, ending 50-year marriage
Settlement filed four weeks after John Bentley's wife filed for divorce, saying their marriage had suffered an "irretrievable breakdown"
Texas dad deported to Ghana was then forced to go to Mali, he says
Poll finds Democrats still boosted by voters' economic concerns
Lula wins fourth term as Brazil's president
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Trump says he's weighing deal with Iran against action to "finish them off"
Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado returns to country
Blanche says DOJ is "doing our own research" with Alaska challenge
Alaska Senate candidate sustains "minor injuries" in car accident
Four Corners region faces more flood threats following days of heavy rain
