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BILOXI – The Biloxi Shuckers took advantage of the wildness of Chattanooga starting pitcher Brett Lee in the fourth inning, and rolled to a 3-0 victory over the Lookouts on…

BEIJING (Reuters) - Fast-growing Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc is strengthening its patents in preparation for its entry into the U.S. market, head of international operations Hugo Barra told Bloomberg Television on Thursday, without offering a time table.

An orphan who grew up on the streets of Haiti, Daniel Madrigal said he was grateful to find food, clean clothes and shelter at St. Joseph's Home for Boys in Port-au-Prince. But he says the orphanage founder who took in...

Deputies investigating the slayings of four people at a Holly Hill home Wednesday have arrested two people on unrelated drug charges, including the father of the two teens who were killed and an 8-year-old boy who was critically wounded in the shootings.

Spring Mills earned their fifth win of the season in a 7-4 victory over Howard in Centre County Baseball League action Thursday.

Syrian forces and Lebanese ally Hezbollah advance on rebel positions in the Syrian city of Zabadani near the Lebanese border. Natasha Howitt reports.

Syrian forces and Lebanese ally Hezbollah advance on rebel positions in the Syrian city of Zabadani near the Lebanese border. Natasha Howitt reports.

Syrian forces and Lebanese ally Hezbollah advance on rebel positions in the Syrian city of Zabadani near the Lebanese border. Natasha Howitt reports.

Syrian forces and Lebanese ally Hezbollah advance on rebel positions in the Syrian city of Zabadani near the Lebanese border. Natasha Howitt reports.

Gov. Nikki Haley's response to the Emanuel AME Church shooting has dramatically lifted her national profile, just as the presidential primary season heats up and attracts more attention to her state.

Iraqi policeman Ziad Radi is no stranger to hot weather, but his sun-blasted face is testament that even for seasoned Iraqis, the weather on Thursday was almost too hot to bear.

Casey Grayson drove in two runs, but saw two streaks at the plate come to an end in the State College Spikes’ 3-1 win over the West Virginia Black Bears…

When Harrison Bader joined the State College Spikes, manager Johnny Rodriguez described the outfielder as a difference maker.

The latest on the investigation into the death of a black woman who authorities say hanged herself in a Texas jail cell (all times are local):

Colorado theater shooter James Holmes was convicted Thursday in the chilling 2012 attack on defenseless moviegoers at a midnight Batman premiere after jurors swiftly rejected defense arguments that the former graduate...

Police have released a video of a small plane carrying students from a skydiving school making an emergency landing on a New Jersey highway.

Nestled in a north Georgia forest, over 4,000 classic cars decorate 32 acres that have been turned into a junkyard museum. Owner Walter Dean Lewis' parents started the business in 1931 as a general store that also sold...

SEOUL, July 17 (Reuters) - Turnout was high at a shareholder vote on Friday to decide the fate of an $8 billion merger between two Samsung Group companies, with 83.57 percent of eligible Samsung C&T Corp voting shares cast, the company said.

People who lived near the site of the first atomic bomb test in the New Mexico desert and later developed cancer and other health problems need to be compensated, a U.S. senator said Thursday.

The U.N. Security Council scheduled a vote for first thing Monday morning on a resolution endorsing the Iran nuclear deal.

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan maintains he was not told about the contents of an injection that led to him to failing a doping test and says a doctor currently on trial for professional negligence said the shot was safe.

TAIPEI, July 17 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks fell on Friday as gains due to higher overseas markets and buying in chipmaker TSMC were offset by general caution ahead of the weekend.

ST. LOUIS -- Bruised and battle-tested, the St. Louis Cardinals watched their division lead dwindle to 2 ½ games entering the All-Star break.