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Oklahoma is in the College Football Playoff, moving into the fourth and final spot in the rankings after winning the Big 12 championship

Officials have determined that a fire which caused a mysterious burning hole in north Arkansas in September was intentionally set and was not the result of a meteorite, methane or the work of the devil

Michigan clears a threshold this week as the first state in the Midwest to allow marijuana for more than just medical purposes

Thousands of opposition protesters took to the streets of Georgia's capital to dispute the result of a recent presidential election and to call for an early parliamentary election

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is using his first full day in office to double down on promises to deploy the military for public security, tackling a key concern: stemming rampant violence and rising murders

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Dianne Ashton, Rowan University(THE CONVERSATION) Hanukkah may be the best known Jewish holiday in the United States. But despite its popularity in the U.S., Hanukkah is ranked one of Judaism’s minor festivals, and nowhere else does it garner such attention. The holiday is mostly a domestic celebration, although special holiday prayers also expand synagogue worship.So how did

California lawmakers begin their new legislative session Monday with crushing Democratic supermajorities in both legislative chambers to go with Democrats' sweep of all statewide offices

Officials say more than 550 individuals, foundations and corporations and a not-for-profit group have raised $7 million for Cuyahoga Valley National Park's new visitor center

The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee says former Trump adviser Roger Stone's testimony should be provided to special counsel Robert Mueller "for consideration of whether perjury charges are warranted"

Germany will face the Netherlands in a challenging qualifying group for the 2020 European Championship in a swift reunion between the teams after meeting in the UEFA Nations League

Pope Francis lit a candle decorated with the faces of Syrian children suffering from war from his balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square on Sunday

Britain's main opposition Labour Party is ramping up pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May, saying it will call a no-confidence vote if Parliament rejects her Brexit deal on Dec. 11

Authorities in Bangladesh have announced that opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is ineligible to contest Dec. 30 national elections because she has been sentenced to prison terms in two corruption cases

The governor of Germany's most populous state says it's premature to set a firm date for phasing out the use of coal-fired power plants, as environmental campaigners are demanding

Austrian railway operators have reached a pay deal with employees, averting the possibility of further strikes after a two-hour walkout brought trains to a standstill last week

Egyptian actress facing trial on public obscenity charges says she did not mean to offend anyone when she wore a reveling dress

Bush's Somalia mission to save 'innocents' echoes today in Africa as US military still wary

Trump-Xi talks produce a 90-day ceasefire in US-China trade dispute

Afghan officials say an airstrike has killed at least 10 civilians in the eastern Paktia province bordering Pakistan

Voting in Spain has started in regional elections for southern Andalusia, the first major electoral test since Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez took power