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Sean Penn's rare access to Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman was assisted by Mexican actress Kate del Castillo.

Rolling Stone faces new scrutiny after publishing interview by Sean Penn with "El Chapo" Guzman.

A chameleon and visionary, David Bowie straddled the worlds of hedonistic rock, fashion and drama for five decades, pushing the boundaries of music.

(Reuters) - A Muslim advocacy group on Saturday called on Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump to apologize after a Muslim woman engaged in a silent protest was removed by security personnel and booed by the crowd at his rally in South Carolina on Friday night...

By Jonathan Allen and Jim Urquhart/Reuters MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Oregon - The doorknob rattled. Two of the men occupying a federal biologist's office in a stand-off over land rights hopped from their chairs and swung rifles toward the locked door...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce executive actions expanding background checks on gun sales, media outlets reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with White House proposals and planning. The changes, which could come as soon as next week, would include requiring more small-scale gun sellers to be licensed and to conduct a background check whenever se

Three environmental groups led by the Center for Biological Diversity filed a brief petition for judicial review with the Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday.

Seafaring expeditions of the 19th century were inherently perilous, and not everyone who set out to discover new territories returned to tell the tale.

Cruz won straw polls in several key South Carolina counties earlier this year, and a Reuters/Ipsos poll this month found that he is the most popular second choice among Trump supporters.

MEGAN CASSELLA WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of U.S. Republicans who had heard of the international climate deal in Paris said they support working with other countries to curb global warming and were willing to take steps to do so, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll on Tuesday...