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The proposal, which will be presented Tuesday at the National Association of State Fire Marshals conference in St. Petersburg, Fla., would also collect a penny per gallon of oil shipped by rail.

The central bank had claimed that its new plastic $10 bank notes included an image of majestic Mount Edith Cavell, a prominent peak in the Canadian Rockies south of Jasper, Alta.

U.S. health officials are monitoring the Ebola outbreak in Africa but say the risk of the deadly germ spreading to the United States is remote.

Where do you go in North Korea if you're in the mood for a barbecue by the beach, maybe some pier-side fishing, or a dip in the ocean? For many North Korean vacationers, that place has long been the sleepy port city of Wonsan, which is now the focus of one of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's most talked-about pet projects - a campaign to transform ... (more)

Market shelves are bare. Children are getting skinnier. Warnings of mass hunger have been made.

The Libyan government on Monday appealed for international help after a huge oil depot caught fire amid clashes over the country's international airport in the capital, Tripoli.

Network Rail will be closing the West Coast main line on three separate occasions between London Euston and Watford in August to carry out significant upgrade work.

The Spotlights, a group from the In the Spotlight Dance Company had a chance to play when they made a trip to New York City recently, visiting a number of sights, as well as learning dance from professionals.

Gov. Jerry Brown travels to Mexico for three days of meetings starting Monday and will discuss immigration in separate sit-downs with President Enrique Pena Nieto and Central American diplomatic and religious leaders.

ARE the reports of a recovering US economy too optimistic. Here's one argument why America might be heading for another recession.

A WEEKEND away can fly by in a pleasurable flash if you pick the right travel buddy.

Germans must put peace before economic considerations and accept tougher sanctions against Russia if necessary, Germany's finance minister told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper on Sunday.

Libyans condemn and urge for an end of war during a protest on Saturday at the Algeria Square in Tripoli, Libya.

An American doctor trying to quell the Ebola outbreak in Liberia is now infected with the virus, the organization for which he works said.

Pope Francis has traveled to a southern Italian stronghold of a clan of mobsters who poisoned local farmlands by dumping illicitly trafficked toxic waste.

The Memphis, Tennessee-based American Queen Steamboat Company offers Mississippi River cruises from February through June from its home port to New Orleans.

A few years ago, Brian Daniel was driving around Los Angeles when he spotted a neon sign for a random storage facility.

Ghalib al-Zamili said that Riyadh al-Adhadah is now back at home Saturday, a day after gunmen traveling in 10 black SUVs took him from his home in Baghdad along with his four bodyguards.

More than a week after Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 came down in eastern Ukraine, Malaysian investigators have not yet been able to access the entire crash site, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak said Saturday.

The U.S. Embassy in Libya evacuated its personnel on Saturday because of heavy militia violence in the capital, Tripoli, U.S. officials said.