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The "Transformers" star has had his ups and downs in recent years — and its being reflected in his latest performance art piece in England.

BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian prosecutors are investigating the alleged disappearance of as many as 100 people inside a Bogota prison more than 15 years ago.

The older brother of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders attacked Bill Clinton in an interview Friday, saying the media is too busy deciding whether the former president of the United States is a “terrible rapist” or a “nice rapist” to understand what a terrible president he was.

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The Department of Justice has filed a motion to compel Apple to comply with the FBI court order requesting that it create custom software to access data on an iPhone owned by one of the San Bernardino shooters, multiple outlets are reporting.

Earlier this week, CEO Tim Cook posted an open letter on Apple's website explaining why Apple would resist a judge's order for the company to help the FBI access data on a single iPhone.

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Virgin Galactic said passengers will experience the "unique thrills of spaceflight, enjoying the opportunity to leave seats to float in zero gravity for several minutes".

Virgin Galactic said passengers will experience the "unique thrills of spaceflight, enjoying the opportunity to leave seats to float in zero gravity for several minutes".

Gold futures ended higher Friday, but registered their first weekly loss in about a month in an up-and-down stretch for stocks marked by a multisession rally in the early part of the holiday-shortened week. April gold ended $4.50, or 0.4%, higher to settle at $1,230.80 an ounce, but logged a weekly decline of 0.7%.

Documents obtained by NBC News show results from Philadelphia's last round of water testing may offer a misleading picture of the lead flowing from its taps.

Actress Carice van Houten joins Tanya Rivero to discuss her role in the upcoming film "Race," in which she plays Leni Riefenstahl. Plus, what's to come for Melisandre in HBO's "Game of Thrones"? Photo: Focus Features

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Fore! Watch out for cheaters.

Siblings don't always bend over backwards to do something selfless for you. So when they go all out, you know they really mean it. 

A video shared on Facebook this past Monday features Abigail Stout, 6, surprising her 9-year-old brother Daniel with a hamster that she bought with her own birthday money. Daniel, who had wanted one for some time, broke down in tears after receiving the gift from his sister. 

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Foreign film Oscar contender "Mustang" is a Turkish-language film from a Turkish-born director that was filmed in Turkey and tells a distinctly Turkish story with Turkish ac…

LOS ANGELES - Foreign film Oscar contender "Mustang" is a Turkish-language film from a Turkish-born director that was filmed in Turkey and tells a distinctly Turkish story with Turkish actresses. But it was not Turkey that submitted the film for consideration for the Academy Awards - it was France.

The event's official name is the Penn State Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, and it's billed as the world's largest student-run philanthropy. Money raised benefits pediatric cancer patients and their families at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Rising receipts for crops and livestock have boosted incomes in recent years, due to greater demand in developing countries and a weak Canadian dollar

Let’s see if you really belong in West Covina.

Tim Cook is not the only U.S. tech guru who believes that protecting users’ data is key to American prosperity

Turkey’s president must stop meddling in the maelstrom next door

French cheese has returned to Russia, after an enterprising farmer invited French cheesemakers from Corsica to his farm where they have passed on the secrets of making fine French cheese.

KABUL -- Burhanuddin lay still and silent in the hospital bed, his face wrapped in so much thick, white gauze that he looked more mummy than man. The 35-year-old father of four young children could barely speak when the Italian doctor asked him from where he had come.

The Virginia Retirement System went big on separately run private equity accounts at the start of the year, committing $450 million between General Atlantic and Littlejohn & Co.