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GATLINBURG, Tenn. - A sixth person has been accused in a scheme to defraud a fund established by famed country music artist Dolly Parton for victims affected by deadly Tennessee wildfires last year. T...

NEW YORK - Facebook is slowly acknowledging the outsized - if unintended - role it played in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. Bowing to pressure from lawmakers and the public, the company said it...

BOSTON - Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez had a severe case of the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, researchers said on Thursday. His lawyer announced a law...

PHOENIX - Arizona does not have to reveal who provides its execution drugs, a judge ruled Thursday in a lawsuit arguing that the information would help the public determine whether the death penalty i...

PARIS - Liliane Bettencourt, the L’Oreal cosmetics heiress and the world’s richest woman, has died at her home in a chic Parisian suburb. She was 94. Bettencourt’s daughter, Francois...

ISTANBUL - A small private jet with four people on board ran off a runway while landing at Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport on Thursday and caught fire, Turkish media reports said. All f...

NEW YORK - MSNBC anchor Lawrence O’Donnell has apologized after clips surfaced of him profanely yelling at staffers in between segments of his prime-time program. The clips from O’Donnell&...

DETROIT - A tiny preemie whose gravely ill mother had hoped to save her by shunning chemotherapy during pregnancy has died, a relative said Thursday. Sonya Nelson said her niece, Life Lynn DeKlyen, di...

SALT LAKE CITY - A bat infestation prompted a Salt Lake City high school to cancel its after-school programs so school workers could root out the flying mammals. Janitors at the city’s West High...

MILAN - The Milan fashion world is responding to global crises with transparency and lightness. Designers are choosing diaphanous textiles to create airy looks, often layering sheer trench coats and a...