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One DC store, 16 surveillance cameras, and two murders in seven months

It was not clear who carried out the strike at Baghdad Airport, but the death of Qassem Soleimani, one of Iran's most revered military leaders, seems certain to send tensions soaring between the United States and Iran.

The 16-year-old boy had reached the Pearly Gates, the icy, chute-like section of Mount Hood just below the last push to the summit, when he lost his grip.Somehow, Gurbaz Singh survived, suffering only a broken leg.

Backers of Kataib Hezbollah, who had converged on the embassy to protest US airstrikes that had killed 25 fighters Sunday, began dismantling their tents and leaving the area.

There is no such thing as "incognito," and other lessons from our tech columnist's year of wrestling data back from corporate America.

Hundreds of angry supporters of an Iranian-backed militia shouting "Death to America" attempted to storm the US Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, trapping diplomats inside in response to U.S. airstrikes that killed or wounded scores of militia fighters.

The Kataeb Hezbollah group says the group plans to lay siege to the embassy until it closes down, in response to US airstrikes that killed and injured dozens of its members.

We were young and barely knew each other. Would it last?

James Harris Jackson killed Timothy Caughman as "practice" for a mass attack on black men in Times Square.

The author dismissed her famous book — the subject of a new film hitting theaters Christmas Day — as "dull" and "moral pap for the young."

Every year, millions of Americans purchase and decorate Christmas trees to ring in the holiday season. Whether they are bought at a lawn and garden store, pop-up lot, or harvested from a tree farm or national forest, a live tree is an integral part of the tradition for many families.

Five people described turning points in their lives — the moments that led them down a trail of dependency and addiction.

The 61-year-old sometimes feels angry about years of ineffective treatments. But he's grateful that evolving medical knowledge spurred "a diagnosis that seems to make sense."

The answer includes Benjamin Franklin, Mutiny on the Bounty and centuries of records.

Joe Biden had his best debate performance yet, and an issue that haunted Bernie Sanders in 2016 came to the fore again.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) said as many as three dozen lawmakers have expressed interest in delaying a Senate trial until Republicans agree to call additional witnesses.

A former investment manager accused the church of stockpiling surplus donations from members instead of using them for charitable works.

Behind the wheel, it's nothing but you, the open road — and your car quietly recording your every move.

Three people are confirmed dead and a dozen more injured as a powerful storm front packing suspected tornadoes smashed into buildings, downed trees and left a trail of destruction around the Deep South.

Darth Vader versus Luke. A levitating Yoda. And the greatest duel of them all.