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The life of Gloucester playwright Israel Horovitz in some ways was as dramatic as the more than 70 plays he...

By JOE McDONALD, Associated PressBEIJING (AP) — China on Friday became one of the last major countries to congratulate U.S....

By JIM GOMEZ, Associated PressMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thick mud and debris coated many villages around the Philippine capital Friday...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's climate will continue to warm, resulting in prolonged wildfire seasons and less rain in the southeast...

(Reuters) - The likelihood that a coronavirus infection will prove fatal has dropped by nearly a third since April due...

BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's power-sharing government on Thursday agreed to extend COVID-19 restrictions for between one and two weeks,...

 BOSTON — A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling clearing Harvard University of discrimination against Asian American applicants.A...

By GEIR MOULSON, Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — The surge of new coronavirus cases appears to be slowing in Germany and...

5.33am EST05:33 President-elect Joe Biden has chosen his longtime adviser Ron Klain to reprise his role as his chief of...

By CARA ANNA, Associated PressNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tensions over the deadly conflict in Ethiopia are spreading well beyond its...