Tim Spiers' weekly look at football's strange and sillier side — including Venezuela's well-timed use of water sprinklers to stop Brazil ...

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Crowds in Anchorage have braved freezing temperatures and slippery ice to see the hulking carcass of a rare fin whale, which washed ashore a few miles from downtown.

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Pyongyang has long coveted an advanced air-defense system to guard against missiles and war planes from the United States and ...

The wide-scale bombardment of Lebanon continued a day after a U.S. envoy held talks with Israeli officials on a possible cease-fire with Hezbollah militants.

New York City faces an affordability crisis. Rents have soared. The century-old subway needs to be modernized, and buses are ...

To get to where they are now, the Buffs needed much more. The quarterback, teammates say, knew it, which is why he went to ...

Could the Badgers introduce enough tweaks on short notice to again create meaningful change, even if just for a game?

This is the first time Parliament has canceled a session since Russia invaded Ukraine. By Maria Varenikova Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine Ukraine’s Parliament canceled a session on Friday over a warning ...

Race organizers and Clark County have made efforts to lessen the burden on local businesses, but many still resent F1's presence.

The Russian leader ominously declares that America risks nuclear war as it expands its aid. By Anton Troianovski In many ways, President Vladimir V. Putin seems to be winning. Russian forces are ...