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(CNN) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has undergone prostate surgery, Iranian news media reported Monday. The surgery at a Tehran hospital was successful, but previously undisclosed until it was completed, the Mehr news…

MARIETTA, Georgia (AP) — A Georgia man whose toddler son died after he was left in a hot car for seven hours has been charged with murder in a case that has drawn widespread attention amid prosecutors' claims that he intentionally left the…

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- Two men are planning to ask for pardons after they were freed this week from a North Carolina prison following the discovery of evidence that they didn't kill a young girl 30 years ago. Vernetta Alston, an…

ROCHESTER, New York (AP) — A police officer died in a shooting in Rochester and a suspect has been apprehended, officials in the upstate New York city said. Rochester Police Chief Michael Ciminelli said the officer was shot just before…

(CNN) -- More than 3,500 people have been infected by the Ebola virus in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria since the first documented cases in December, according to new figures released Wednesday by the World Health Organization.…

New York, United States (AFP) -- Joan Rivers, the acerbic US stand-up comic and television presenter rushed to a New York hospital last week, has been moved out of intensive care, her daughter said Wednesday. Brooklyn-born Rivers, 81,…

Pasadena, Texas (AP) -- Police say a 5-year-old Texas girl has been hospitalized after she was trapped inside a running washing machine. Pasadena police say the child "was tumbling pretty fast" for several minutes Tuesday before a customer…

Tallinn, Estonia (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the United States will not be intimidated by Islamic State militants after the beheading of a second American journalist and will build a coalition to "degrade and destroy"…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Dolly headed Tuesday for a soggy collision with Mexico's Gulf coast. The storm's maximum sustained winds early Tuesday were near 50 mph (85 kph) and it was forecast to strengthen as it approaches the coast…

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — Singer Chris Brown is expected to appear in a District of Columbia court for what would be a third attempt at a plea deal to resolve an assault case. According to court filings, Brown is scheduled to appear…

SHANDONG, China (CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda Government says over 12 major conglomerates in China have expressed interest in doing business in the Caribbean island. During a meeting in China on Saturday, Prime Minister Gaston Browne…

(CNN) -- Four men have been arrested after allegedly trying to detonate a bomb at Manila's international airport Monday, state-run media in the Philippines report. The explosives were in a white truck parked outside one of the terminals at…

BOSTON (AP) — An outburst over a reclined seat led an American Airlines flight to divert to Boston, at least the second such incident in the US this week, authorities said. Passenger Edmund Alexandre became upset after a woman reclined the…

(CNN) -- The Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood has written a letter to the leader of ISIS, asking to become a citizen of the Islamic State's caliphate, his attorney said Thursday. "The letter states that Nadal Hasan wants…

LIMA, (AFP) - Peruvian police on Wednesday seized a record six tons of cocaine from a Mexican drugs cartel operating in the country, in what authorities hailed as a major blow to organized crime. The stack of cocaine was found hidden in a…