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IRS AGENT CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH LEAKING FINANCIAL RECORDS

This is not the first Treasury employee to be charged in connection with leaking

JAPAN'S AKIHITO SEEN AS DEVOTED TO DUTIES, OPEN TO NEW IDEAS

Japan's Emperor Akihito, who will abdicate the throne in April, is seen as being open to new ideas and keenly aware of his duties

AMID LOSS OF LEADERS, UNKNOWN MILITANT RISES IN PHILIPPINES

Philippine and US officials say a little-known militant has been named leader of the Islamic State group in the southern Philippines

WATCH: HISTORIC SUMMIT HELD AT THE VATICAN BY THE POPE

Pope Francis opened a landmark sex abuse prevention summit Thursday by offering senior Catholic leaders 21 proposals to punish predators...

WATCH: JUDGE ORDERED ROGER STONE TO NOT DISCUSS CRIMINAL CASE AFTER CROSSHAIRS POST

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that Stone would "pose a danger" to others in the case unless she modified the terms of...

WATCH: ELECTION FRAUD SCANDAL BRINGS NEW ELECTION IN NORTH CAROLINA

The North Carolina state Board of Elections voted unanimously on Thursday to hold a new election in the 9th Congressional District...

HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF INDICTMENTS AND CASES IN MUELLER'S PROBE

Special counsel Robert Mueller and his team of prosecutors have now indicted 34 individuals and three Russian businesses.

TEXAS RESIDENTS LIVING ON US-MEXICO BORDER FILE LAWSUITS OVER TRUMP'S BORDER WALL

President Donald Trump's long-promised southern border wall continues to be a work in progress and it's sure to be held up in court.

POPE FRANCIS CALLS FOR 'CONCRETE AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES' AT HISTORIC SEX ABUSE SUMMIT

More than 190 bishops and cardinals are meeting about the epidemic of clerical sex abuse of minors.

MEXICAN SENATE APPROVES QUASI-MILITARY NATIONAL GUARD

FIRST COURT APPEARANCE FOR ALLEGED DOMESTIC TERRORIST PLOTTING MASS KILLING

A man caught researching acts of domestic terrorism and amassing more than a dozen firearms will spend at least two weeks in federal...

WORLD'S LARGEST BEE PHOTOGRAPHED AFTER VANISHING FOR DECADES

The last time Megachile pluto was seen was by a researcher in Indonesia in 1981.

THANKS IN A TANK: WWII GUNNER, NOW 95, GETS A NOSTALGIC RIDE

Heroic World War II tank gunner Clarence Smoyer has been surprised with a ride through the streets of Boston in a Sherman tank

FDA SAYS MINERAL SUNSCREENS ARE SAFE, CHEMICAL SUNSCREENS NEED MORE RESEARCH

The agency said chemicals like oxybenzone and octinoxate need further research.

WATCH: REPUBLICAN AT CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA'S VOTER FRAUD CASE CALLS FOR NEW ELECTION

Congressional candidate Mark Harris testified on Thursday that his son had been "prophetic" in his warning about political operative...

WATCH: 'EXTINCT' GALAPAGOS TORTOISE FOUND AFTER 113 YEARS

The Fernandina Tortoise has been rediscovered on a remote island in the Galapagos after a 113-year absence.

NORTH CAROLINA TO HOLD NEW 9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ELECTION

North Carolina congressional candidate Mark Harris testified Thursday in an election fraud case upended by his own son. The election...

AHEAD OF WEEKLONG TESTIMONY MARATHON, MICHAEL COHEN APPEARS ON CAPITOL HILL

Michael Cohen, former personal attorney and fixer to President Donald Trump, appeared on Capitol Hill Thursday for closed-door meetings...

DOCUMENT: MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING OFFICER ASKED TO BE SHOT

Authorities say an Islamic State follower charged with terrorism had asked a sheriff's sergeant in metro Phoenix to shoot him after...

EL CHAPO ATTORNEY 'GREATLY CONCERNED' AFTER JUROR SAYS PANEL IGNORED JUDGE'S ORDERS

A juror from the El Chapo trial said at least five members of the panel ignored judge's explicit orders.