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WASHINGTON - A jury decided Wednesday that former television talk show host Tavis Smiley, who was fired amid allegations of workplace sexual misconduct at the height of the #MeToo movement, must pay a...

WASHINGTON - Capitol Hill negotiators have reached agreement on an $8.3 billion measure to battle the coronavirus outbreak that's spreading and threatening a major shock to the economy and disruptions...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - An expected trial this week in Lethbridge did not go as planned, but resulted in a guilty plea and conviction.Stanley Big Sorrel Horse did not show up for the start of his trial on Mo...

KASTANIES, Greece - Greek authorities fired tear gas and stun grenades Wednesday morning to repulse a push by migrants to cross its land border from Turkey, as pressure continued along its frontier af...

KABUL - The U.S. conducted Wednesday its first airstrike against Taliban forces in Afghanistan since signing an ambitious peace deal with the militant group. U.S. military spokesman Col. Sonny Leggett...

ANKARA, Turkey - Two more Turkish soldiers were killed Wednesday in a Syrian government attack in Syria's northwest, the country's Defence Ministry said, as steady clashes between the two national arm...

JERUSALEM - Israel looked set to slide back into political deadlock on Wednesday as the final votes were being tallied from the third election in less than a year, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya...

TOKYO - Japan's government on Wednesday opened part of the last town that had been off-limits due to radiation since the Fukushima nuclear disaster nine years ago, in a symbolic move showing the regio...

CHICAGO - Having food stamps offers Richard Butler a stability he's rarely known in his 25 years. He was in state custody at age 2, spent his teen years at a Chicago boys' home and jail for burglary, ...

Danny Jansen figures some stability in the Blue Jays' pitching staff will help make his job behind the plate a little easier this season. Toronto had 21 different pitchers shuffle in an...