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Arlington, Virginia (CNN) -- President Barack Obama led the nation's Memorial Day observances Monday, laying a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknowns and declaring that Americans owe "a debt to our fallen heroes that we can never fully repay." "The blessings we enjoy as...

The first text message said: "Mommy, I got buried." About 40 minutes later: "Mommy, I can't move my right hand." Then, a brief call from New Zealand's earthquake rubble to parents in the Philippines pleading to send help. After another harrowing hour in a crumpled building, when she sent a...

More than 100 homeless families in Ottawa will spend their holidays in motel rooms. The City of Ottawa has often turned to motels when its emergency homeless shelters are full, but this year they have become a refuge for 114 families. Samantha Juste and her two teenage sons are staying at the...

Canadian military police are investigating fake calls to families of soldiers in Afghanistan claiming their relative has died in combat, authorities have said. At least three families at a military base in Quebec have been targeted, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. One woman...

Newly arrived Somali refugees stand outside the UNHCR registration centre at the Ifo camp in Dadaab, Kenya, on September 9. The largest refugee camp in the world, in Dadaab, Kenya, is facing an overcrowding crisis with at least 700 families now residing in "unacceptable living conditions"...

Aboriginal elder Max Eulo performs a 'Welcome to Country' ceremony on Goat Island in Sydney Harbour on April 18, 2010. Australia's government said Monday that it is moving to recognize Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the nation's constitution. "The Australian Constitution is the...

Families of abused autistic kids get $5M SCRANTON, Pa., (UPI) -- A federal judge has approved a $5 million settlement for the families of seven autistic children allegedly abused by their teacher in northeastern Pennsylvania. The settlement ends a federal lawsuit against the Northeastern...