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The Afghan Taliban confirmed that a U.S. drone strike killed their leader last week, and they announced his successor: Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, an extremist scholar without military experience.

From Texas Standard: Over the past week, the Brazos River has risen to its highest level in more than 100 years. The rains that caused the overflow have...

The Boston Landmarks Commission voted to study whether the modern - and some say - tacky, Citgo sign is culturally important enough to warrant state protection as a historic landmark.

The Yankees have announced they are releasing the controversial slugger. The club says Rodriguez will serve as a "special adviser and instructor" for the team through 2017.

Bratton, who has also served as the police chief in Boston and Los Angeles, will step down in September, likely marking an end to a 45-year career in public life.

Japanese voters have elected Yuriko Koike as the capital's first female governor. She's taking the helm amid high-pressure preparations for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Police say the two daughters of an award-winning concert pianist have been found slain in their North Texas home and the musician's estranged wife is...

The U.S. lost three points from its 2014 score. Despite gains in some countries, an annual index shows that 68 percent of the world's countries have "a serious corruption problem."

Nigeria is now off the list — the last case was in 2014. That leaves Afghanistan and Pakistan as the last two countries harboring the virus.

The automaker says the software functions differently than the "defeat devices" in some diesel cars from model years 2009 to 2015. The EPA says it hasn't determined if the new software is illegal.