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According to Amnesty International, the rise was driven mostly by Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. It's a different story in the U.S., where a majority of states have essentially halted executions.

SpaceX successfully launched a rocket to resupply the International Space Station and landed the rocket on a drone ship at sea on Friday.

A suicide car bombing was followed by an attack staged by gunmen. The attack hit during morning rush hour; the wounded included women and children, Afghan officials say.

The seniors of tomorrow will have much higher rates of diabetes and obesity than the seniors of today, according to a data analysis. That means higher medical bills for them — and for taxpayers, too.

The golden retriever was euthanized Monday in Cypress, Texas, near Houston. Searching through the rubble of ground zero was her very first deployment as a search and rescue dog.

University of Cincinnati researchers are looking deep inside the brain to figure out why some head injury patients recover and others do not.

Clinton abruptly left a Sept. 11 commemoration ceremony in New York City on Sunday. Her campaign had said she "felt overheated," then later announced she was diagnosed Friday with pneumonia.

The monthly jobs report fell short of expectations, both in terms of job growth and the unemployment rate. Economists had anticipated 180,000 new jobs and a slight drop in unemployment.

The pipeline's operator plans to have a workaround in place by the end of the week, but in the meantime prices are up 20 to 30 cents per gallon and some stations are running dry.

Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr., was known as an international ambassador for Louisiana roots music with his genre-leaping band Buckwheat Zydeco.