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It's been a record-breaking year for sea turtles in Florida

Oscar Pistorius could be granted parole on Friday after nearly 10 years in prison for killing his girlfriend

Oscar Pistorius could be granted parole on Friday after nearly 10 years in prison in South Africa for killing his girlfriend

Double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has been granted parole, 10 years after shooting his girlfriend through a toilet door at his home in South Africa in a killing that jolted the world

Double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has been granted parole more than a decade after shooting his girlfriend through a toilet door at his home in South Africa in a killing that jolted the world

The Justice Department on Wednesday appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee a federal investigation into potential coordination between Russia and Donald Trump's campaign during the 2016 presidential election.

The Senate on Monday confirmed former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to be agriculture secretary in President Donald Trump's administration as the farming industry looks to Washington for help amid a downturn in the market.

In an impromptu Easter Sunday speech, Pope Francis on Sunday encouraged people to hold fast in their `'fearful hearts'' to faith despite all the wars, sickness and hatred in the world, acknowledging that many wonder where God is amid so much evil and suffering.

Backed by ships, helicopters and drones, Russian rescue teams searched for victims in the Black Sea after a Russian military plane carrying 92 people to Syria crashed Sunday shortly after takeoff from Sochi.

President Barack Obama has designated the bulk of U.S.-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain areas in the Atlantic Ocean as indefinitely off limits to future oil and gas leasing.