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Shiite militia retake Tikrit after air strikes cease
Iraqi forces have reclaimed Tikrit after a brief boycott over US air strikes resulted in fighters leaving the battlefield.
Prosecutor fired after eugenics accusations
A Nashville prosecutor was let go this week amid reports that he requested some women undergo tubal ligation or maintain a birth control regimen as part of sentencing discussions.
Masked gunmen kill 147 at Kenyan university
An attack at a Kenyan college left nearly 150 people dead on Thursday.
Congress backs fired chaplain Wes Modder
Dozens of members of Congress expressed support for fired military chaplain Wes Modder in a recent letter to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Chaplains Rear Admiral Margaret Kibben.
Hundreds offer kidney after husband's desperate campaign
A Colorado family has received an outpouring of support after their mobile billboard asking for a kidney donation went viral.
California taxpayers may pay for inmate's sex change surgery
California taxpayers may pay for inmate's sex change surgery
Man lost at sea found after 66 days: 'We prayed, and prayed' says family
Man lost at sea found after 66 days: 'We prayed, and prayed' says family
Supporters raise $500,000 for Christian pizza restaurant shut down in gay marriage row
Donations have poured in to help Memories Pizza, Indiana.
Aftermath of Tikrit battle sees wave of looting and lynching
The liberators took revenge on the Sunni radicals after the fall of the city.
Victory for Christian campaigners as Israel's Supreme Court re-routes wall
A long-running campaign has ended with the court ordering the military to draw up an alternative route.
Iran president says nuclear deal is the start of a new relationship with the world
Diplomats have cautioned that hard work lies ahead to strike a final deal.
Dog, thought to be dead, crawls out of grave
A dog in Washington has a second chance at life after being left for dead in a ditch.
Pope Francis admits feeling 'tired' on Holy Thursday
Pope Francis discussed the tiredness suffered by priests during his Holy Thursday homily in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican this week.
On Good Friday, Pope decries persecution of Christians
Pope Francis presided at two Good Friday services, praying for persecuted Christians a day after Islamist militants attacked a university in Kenya, killing at least 147 people.
Pope condemns 'senseless brutality' of Kenya university attack
Pope Francis condemned on Friday an assault by Somali militants on a Kenyan university that killed at least 147 people, calling it an act of "senseless brutality".
Kenya university death toll in al Shabaab attack seen rising; anger over security failures
The death toll in an assault by Somali militants on a Kenyan university is likely to climb above 147, a government source and media said on Friday, as anger grew among local residents over what they say was a government failure to prevent bloodshed.