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Texas has executed an inmate who asked jury for death sentence for torturing and drowning ex-roommate in 1998

Stunned: Barcelona loses to last-place Leganes, Real Madrid to Sevilla

House approves a bill to set a minimum size for airline seats and bar passengers from being kicked off overbooked planes

Brazil's highest court has ruled that 3.4 million people cannot vote in next month's national elections because they failed to register their fingerprints with authorities, a move that could affect the crowded presidential race

United Nations secretary-general blames lack of leadership for the world's failure to take tough decisions needed to stop runaway climate change

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Kavanaugh hearing marks defining moment in GOP's decadeslong struggle with women

Ryan says Congress shouldn't "step in the way" ahead of Trump-Rosenstein meeting

Ecuador's president says his country and the United Kingdom are working on a legal solution for Julian Assange that would allow the Wikileaks founder to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in "the medium term."

President Donald Trump says he rejected a one-on-one meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the trade dispute

The U.S. House has overwhelmingly passed legislation that would provide $1.7 billion to help residents of the Carolinas and elsewhere recover from recent natural disasters

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Expectations have diminished that a meeting Thursday between President Donald Trump and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will result in the resignation or immediate firing of the Justice Department's No. 2 official.

Real Madrid conceded three-first half goals in a 3-0 loss at Sevilla, squandering a chance to take the Spanish league lead after Barcelona lost 2-1 at last-place Leganes

The judge presiding over the trial of a man accused in the killing of a pregnant North Dakota woman says testimony from the defendant's former girlfriend could be viewed as an agreement to participate in the crime

Mexican authorities have found the bodies of two marines wrapped in sheets and dumped on a street in the Caribbean coast resort of Cancun

Trump rejects one-on-one meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau over tariff dispute

The House has given final legislative approval to a bill keeping the government open through Dec. 7