SAN FRANCISCO -- A man jailed in Los Angeles County for a month because he was mistaken for someone with the same name and birth date lost a legal effort Wednesday to hold law enforcement agencies responsible for the mix-up.
A three-judge panel ...
TEL AVIV -- Israel retaliated with artillery fire against a massive barrage of rockets and mortar shells fired from Gaza at its southern communities Wednesday.
An Israeli army statement said it was the largest barrage from Gaza since the 2012 ...
ISTANBUL -- Police used water cannon, rubber bullets and tear gas Wednesday to clear protesters in central Istanbul, where tens of thousands of people had gathered for the funeral of a boy who died this week from injuries sustained during anti-...
LOS ANGELES -- More than two decades since the first U.S. invasion of Iraq, medical authorities can't agree on a definition of Gulf War illness, the mysterious array of ailments afflicting many veterans of the conflict.
In the latest attempt to ...
JERUSALEM -- After a contentious national debate, the Israeli parliament passed a landmark bill Wednesday designed to end blanket exemptions of young ultra-Orthodox men from mandatory military service.
The issue had been the focus of intense ...
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NEW YORK-- An explosion that destroyed two buildings in a busy Manhattan neighborhood and killed at least two people was caused by a gas leak, New York Mayor Bill De Blasio said Wednesday, and hours after the explosion, some people ...