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Ten years ago Martine Wright, in bright white new trainers, jumped on an eastbound Circle Line train at Moorgate, with a slight hangover, a hastily-grabbed copy of Metro and the certainty she was running late for work. She found a seat in the morning rush-hour crush and opened the newspaper with a sigh of relief to read about London’s successful bid for the 2012 Olympics, announced the day before. She paid no heed to her fellow passengers.

With his escape partner killed, the surviving convicted murderer who pulled off an elaborate breakout from a maximum-security prison three weeks ago could have a tougher time eluding the army of searchers scouring miles of...

The line for a joint funeral planned for 2 p.m. was already down the block before noon on Saturday.

The outpouring of support for the families of the nine people who were murdered in a downtown Charleston church last week continued Saturday morning in an unusual place -- a CrossFit gym.

Emily Eavis is well known for keeping schtum when it comes to Glastonbury rumours. But the festival organiser has just taken the (nearly) unprecedented step of speaking out about reports concerning Kanye West prior to his controversial headline performance.

Fire breaks out at Taiwan water park, injuring more than 200, many seriously burned. Sean Carberry reports.

Fire breaks out at Taiwan water park, injuring more than 200, many seriously burned. Sean Carberry reports.

Fire breaks out at Taiwan water park, injuring more than 200, many seriously burned. Sean Carberry reports.

Fire breaks out at Taiwan water park, injuring more than 200, many seriously burned. Sean Carberry reports.

Rowland Cheney of Lodi, California, was one of nine victims in a sightseeing plane crash in Alaska.

Justin Gatlin exerted little energy in his first race of the U.S. championships Saturday, easily winning his opening heat of the 200 meters with a blazing time.

KUWAIT (Reuters) - As a body passed, shrouded in Kuwait's flag, dozens of hands were raised from the crowd to support the bier and help carry it towards the Shi'ite Muslim cemetery where most victims of Friday's Islamic State mosque attack were buried on Saturday.

KUWAIT (Reuters) - As a body passed, shrouded in Kuwait's flag, dozens of hands were raised from the crowd to support the bier and help carry it towards the Shi'ite Muslim cemetery where most victims of Friday's Islamic State mosque attack were buried on Saturday.

GULFPORT -- A three-day music festival and car rally is taking over the Gulfport Dragway in the name of a good cause.

A 10-year-old mutt named Quasi Modo, whose spinal birth defects left her a bit hunchbacked, is the winner of this year's World's Ugliest Dog contest.

A college party got a little wild when a black bear showed up.

Calling the Confederate flag an "insensitive symbol" he personally finds offensive, NASCAR chairman Brian France said the sport will be aggressive in disassociating the symbol from its events.

Gunmen attacked a military camp in western Mali on Saturday, killing two soldiers as residents of a nearby village hid in their homes, officials and witnesses said.

Tunisia's postcard destination for tourists is reeling from the terror that blighted another day of play at the Mediterranean seaside resort of Sousse. A man armed with a Kalashnikov and grenades gunned down tourists...

The president of Armenia on Saturday suspended hikes in household electricity rates in an effort to end the protests that have blocked the capital's main avenue for six straight days. The demonstrators, however,...

VIENNA (Reuters) - An accord to curb Iran's nuclear programme remains elusive due to disagreements on fundamental issues, France's foreign minister said on Saturday in Vienna, just days before the June 30 deadline for a deal.

VIENNA (Reuters) - An accord to curb Iran's nuclear programme remains elusive due to disagreements on fundamental issues, France's foreign minister said on Saturday in Vienna, just days before the June 30 deadline for a deal.

The recent heat wave has many gardeners dreaming of breezy cabanas and paper umbrella drinks poolside. The reality is wilting plants, sloshing watering cans, and rising water bills.

The focus may be on Andy Murray over the next fortnight, but tennis fans know the huge debt they owe to his mum, Judy, who has produced not one but two Wimbledon champions (elder son Jamie won the mixed doubles with Jelena Jankovic in 2007). Judy coached both her sons when they were young and is Great Britain’s Fed Cup captain, but is also developing the grass-roots game with independent initiatives.

BBC bosses are preparing as best they can for the inevitability of Kanye West releasing a ton of profanity bombs during his Glastonbury headline slot.