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An increase in customer demand is spurring Amazon.com to create 80,000 seasonal positions at its network of distribution centers across the U.S.

Since her birth in 1900, Anna Stoehr has seen dramatic shifts in technology. But when the Minnesota woman tried recently to create a Facebook account, she hit a snag.

The tiny, island nation of Iceland is in the middle of a growth spurt. For the past month, the country’s Bardarbunga volcano has been churning out lava at a prodigious rate. And the eruption shows no signs of abating.

Three Americans who have been detained in North Korea appealed today to the U.S. to send a senior representative to secure their release.

In a deal that would create the third-largest fast-food chain, Burger King announced on Tuesday that it intended to buy Canada’s Tim Hortons for about $11 billion.

The video is harrowing. It shows two women narrowly escaping death after a train is unable to come to a stop before running them over.

Hurricane Arthur weakened to a Category 1 storm on Independence day after hitting the coast of North Carolina.

Evacuations are under way in parts of North Carolina, where Hurricane Arthur threatens to drench coastal areas today. The National Hurricane Center upgraded the storm to a hurricane early this morning.

While it’s hard to imagine Seth Rogen and James Franco being the proximate cause of World War III, the stars of Pineapple Express have prompted the latest round of blustery threats from North Korea.

The U.S. resumed its drone strikes inside Pakistan, killing at least 13 people in two separate attacks on militant areas late Wednesday and early Thursday.