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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has been released from a US federal prison, Bureau of Prisons tells AP

8:58 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Guinea-Bissau's electoral commission says it can't finalize the results of a disputed presidential vote

8:53 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Haiti’s transitional presidential council has adopted an electoral law in the latest step toward holding a general election for the first time in nearly a decade

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The U.S. and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing, alarming the international community and jeopardizing a global norm against such tests

11:09 PM on Monday, December 1

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A bear in Southern California has taken up residence in the crawlspace under a man's home

6:03 PM on Monday, December 1

It's not often Pentagon officials hold briefings for the press, but they are this week — although outlets that reach millions of news consumers have been denied access

5:17 PM on Monday, December 1

The Trump administration has announced new immigration restrictions following the shooting of two National Guard members by a suspect who is an Afghan national

4:56 PM on Monday, December 1

President Donald Trump and top Republicans are making a last-ditch push to prevent embarrassment in a hotly contested Tennessee special election for Congress

3:20 PM on Monday, December 1

The White House says a Navy admiral ordered a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and insists the September attack that has come under bipartisan scrutiny was lawful

3:04 PM on Monday, December 1

Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving programs listed nationwide by the government may be forced to close if they lose their students after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with government requirements

8:29 AM on Monday, December 1

U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Frank Bradley will provide a classified briefing to key lawmakers overseeing the military on Thursday as they investigate a U.S. military attack on a boat allegedly carrying drugs that included a second strike that killed any survivors

12:04 AM on Monday, December 1

With votes from about 57% of polling places counted in Honduras, preliminary and partial results showed conservative candidates Nasry Asfura and Salvador Nasralla leading the presidential contest early Monday and the governing party trailing

2:26 PM on Monday, November 17