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Projections show a far-right party winning a state election for the first time in post-World War II Germany in the country’s east, while it's set to finish at least a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a second vote

A far-right party has won a state election for the first time in post-World War II Germany in the country’s east, while it looks set to finish a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a second vote

The recent same-day deaths of two young football players have rekindled a debate about the sport's safety risks

Paralympics organizers say triathlon competitions in Paris scheduled for Sunday have been postponed because of concerns about water quality in the Seine River after heavy rainfall

George Clooney and Brad Pitt have returned to the Venice Film Festival for the world premiere of “Wolfs.”

From California to Israel, companies are aiming to grow cocoa beyond the tropics in a bid to buffer chocolate's key ingredient from climate change

People seeking treatment for substance abuse don't have to give up their pets thanks to the work of volunteers in a Colorado-based organization

Pope Francis is making the longest, farthest and most challenging trip of his pontificate when he goes to Asia and Oceania this week

The family of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin says he has been killed in the Gaza Strip

Israel says it has recovered the bodies of six hostages in Gaza