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China's parliament abolished on Saturday an extra-judicial system of forced labor used to punish sex workers and their clients for up to two years, but it stressed that prostitution remains illegal. China banned prostitution after the Communist revolution in 1949, but it returned with a vengeance

More territory to defend.

In the year 2000, a visit by North Korea’s foreign minister to a cemetery in Bac Giang, Vietnam confirmed a long-rumored fact: dozens of North Korean pilots had dueled American Navy and Air Force pilots over the skies of Vietnam during the 1960s. And fourteen North Korean Air Force did not return alive

A 60-year-old man who was kicked and punched while defending his partner during a $1 mugging on Christmas Eve has died. Juan Fresnada died Friday afternoon at the Bronx hospital where he was taken in critical condition after the mugging early Tuesday, the New York Police Department said Saturday.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have filed to trade mark their charity.

Sony has acquired a patent for a PS controller design with back buttons.

SportsLine's advanced computer model simulated Saturday's Clemson vs. Ohio State game 10,000 times.

Mass killings in the United States have reached their highest point since at least the 1970s, according to a database compiled

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Six suspects are still being sought after the robbery in the Bronx, according to the NYPD.

Now’s a good time to get your flu shot. The number of deaths from the flu this season reached 1,800 nationwide, including 22 children, and the illness is spiking earlier than it has in years.…

Is anyone surprised? Anyone? Maybe one of Moff Gideon’s poor bumbling Stormtroopers.

The Swiss president and finance minister has delivered the latest blow to Facebook's planned Libra cryptocurrency, saying it has "failed in its current form," Swiss network SRF reported Friday.

Online music giant Spotify said Friday it would suspend political advertising in early 2020, becoming the latest digital giant to act on concerns over disinformation ahead of the US election.

The United Arab Emirates on Saturday denied reports that a popular mobile application developed in the country was used for government spying.

The United Nations on Friday approved a Russian-led bid that aims to create a new convention on cybercrime, alarming rights groups and Western powers that fear a bid to restrict online freedom.

Jack Burns, an accomplished dancer, was found dead at home in Greenock, Inverclyde, on December 1.

Baltimore broke its annual per capita homicide record after reaching 342 killings Friday. With just over 600,000 residents, the city hit a historically high homicide rate of about 57 per 100,000 people after recent relentless gunfire saw eight people shot — three fatally — in one day and nine others

LAFAYETTE — Five fatalities have been confirmed and one person has survived a plane crash in Lafayette.

Your betting guide with the best picks and overall plays for the 2019 College Football Playoff semifinals