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Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah was hanged Thursday for crimes committed during the country's 1971 war of independence. He's the first person convicted by Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal to be executed.

Also in the 2014 class of inductees: Cat Stevens, Peter Gabriel and Hall and Oates, Nominees who didn't make the cut included YES, Deep Purple and The Zombies.

A new study says one-third of all the tidal wetlands that surround Long Island Sound have disappeared since the 1880s. The Environmental Protection Agency…

The University of Connecticut announced that it will be giving at least $5,000 a year in scholarships to each qualifying high school student in New Haven…

A 3-year-old male nicknamed CJ beat a borzoi, a Skye terrier, a German shepherd, a bulldog, a Shih Tzu and a Samoyed to claim the silver bowl at the 140th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York.

Spain's ruling conservatives won the most votes in Sunday's elections but fell far short of a majority. Whether Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will be able to remain in office is unclear.

Dubai's fireworks display for New Year's Eve continued as planned, even as the blaze raged a short distance away.

The actor, writer, producer and comedian traces the trajectory of his career, including what was like to be The Daily Show's first brown person.

In just three weeks in office, John Magufuli has shaken up country's finances by slashing budgets for celebrations and travel. The Internet reacted with a funny meme.

Besides avoiding ladders, mirrors, black cats and salt, here are two things you can do to make it through what some people think is the unluckiest of days.