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The grim milestone was crossed on Sunday, one day after India recorded more than 78,000 cases of the virus.

In the latest scandal to hit the world soccer governing body, FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke has been put on leave amid allegations of a plot to profit personally from ticket sales.

Runners from Kenya, who had for years been considered the best of the best in the world, were nearly shut out from the podium entirely.

Weather-related traffic accidents have accounted for some of the deaths. Others have collapsed while shoveling snow. Several victims are said to have been homeless people who either didn't want to go to shelters or didn't get to one in time. Thankfully, more moderate weather is about to arrive.

Repeal of the health law is unlikely to succeed, but Republicans are setting their sights on some vulnerable provisions. If they succeed, it would affect the country's direction in health spending and coverage.

In an interview with NPR, The New York Times' new executive editor, Dean Baquet, said Jill Abramson was fired because of her failed relationship with the publisher and with senior editors.

Oklahoma's top education official has made headlines for mandating Bibles in each classroom but once upon a time he was a high school teacher who enjoyed dissecting racy HBO dramas with students.

Civil rights protesters argue Jena, La., school and law enforcement officials are dealing out harsh justice to the African-American teens for a schoolyard fight while overlooking their white counterparts who hung nooses to intimidate the black teens.

Drug deaths are declining but the Trump administration's intelligence team has issued a new report describing street fentanyl as a top threat to the U.S.

While former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is still seen as having an edge in his state's Senate primary, recent and past comments about race have dampened enthusiasm for him among some voters.