Jihadists have nearly tripled their attacks on urban areas. Analysts fear an extended standoff could lead to many more civilian deaths. By Ruth Maclean Reporting from Dakar, Senegal When the military ...

A weather delay of nearly 12 hours wasn’t going to stop Ole Miss. The No. 2 seed Rebels defeated top-seeded Nebraska 6-3 in the Lincoln Regional of the NCAA Tournament at Haymarket Park Sunday ...

LINCOLN, NE — Ole Miss baseball outlasted Arizona State to move to the winner’s bracket in the NCAA Tournament. The No. 2 Rebels beat No. 3 Arizona State 7-6 in 14 innings early on May 30 at Haymarket ...

Motivated to avenge their families in China, Uyghur mercenaries became valued fighting partners for Syria's rebels. Their participation helped Syria's new president ultimately win Syria's civil war.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WNDU) - The Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team will play for a national championship for the third time in four seasons after defeating Syracuse 15-7 in the NCAA Tournament ...

Law firms and attorneys that have sued Los Angeles — and in some cases secured millions of dollars in city payouts stemming from litigation settlements — have emerged as significant financial ...

An outbreak of a rare strain of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is already the third largest in history, just weeks after it likely began. It is spreading rapidly in one of the most volatile ...

The Ebola outbreak erupting from the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to escalate wildly, with cases nearing 750, deaths reported at 177, and around 1,400 contacts now ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A bomb exploded outside a Defense Ministry building in the Syrian capital on Tuesday, killing one soldier and wounding about a dozen other people, the ministry and state media ...

JISR AL-SHUGHUR, Syria — The plan was daring: Under cover of night, an elite group of forces would ambush Syrian government soldiers and cut off strategic supply lines supporting the regime-held ...

Chicago's status as the third-largest city remains safe -- for now -- but how big is the gap and have the numbers changed in the last year? For years, experts have predicted that the city could lose ...