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Rescue crews and regular people searched for survivors, and the death toll was likely to rise. More than 1,500 homes were damaged, the president said.

A line of cities near the epicenter sustained major damage, images show. The Colombian capital appeared largely spared.

The government adopted a law that might prove a significant step toward ending an outlawed group’s decades-long battle with the Turkish state.

A propane tank and several containers of what were believed to be flammable liquids were found inside the man’s vehicle in a nearby parking garage, the police in Halifax said.

The party, Yabloko, has navigated a delicate balancing act with an increasingly heavy-handed Kremlin, but its pro-peace manifesto turned out to be the red line.

A pair of brothers who lost their mother and other family members in Venezuela and were profiled by The New York Times have now survived deadly quakes in two countries.

An increasingly hostile environment for independent reporting in the United States and elsewhere has made our job harder, and more expensive.

Hundreds of ancient amphorae were found piled up about 150 feet underwater, suggesting the relics came from a Roman shipwreck from about 2,000 years ago.

A former executive with the Washington museum says it moved a symposium about race in art to avoid political blowback.