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Tests have found rabies in a coyote that was shot by a policeman after a rash of attacks on humans in a New York City suburb.

Wind-whipped flames swept through at least three Detroit neighborhoods, destroying dozens of homes, including many that were vacant, and even sending waves of searing heat blocks away, officials said.

Crews are searching for five people who didn't leave their homes as a wildfire tore through a canyon in the foothills near Boulder, authorities say.

The slow moving remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine caused water rescues, evacuations and commuting headaches in central Texas, just as a new tropical storm formed in the deep Atlantic.

No single election contest this fall combines the buzz and history-making potential of California's Proposition 19, which would make the state the first to legalize recreational use of marijuana.

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan tells NBC News that a Florida church’s plan to burn the Quran would fuel anti-U.S. hatred rivaling the backlash against the U.S.

Australia and New Zealand shared first place, and the United States tied for fifth, in a first-of-its kind survey ranking 153 nations on the willingness of their citizens to donate time and money to charity.

The Dalai Lama has given $50,000 from his personal trust to support research into the science behind kindness and compassion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Transocean Ltd., the owner of the doomed rig leased by BP, says BP's internal investigation into the explosion and Gulf  oil spill covered up the critical factor leading to the tragedy: the  well design.

Labor strikes — seen as one of the key bargaining chips unions have had to get good wages and working conditions from employers — may some day end up only in history books.