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CHICAGO – Backyard use of fireworks and related injuries are increasing nationwide, according to industry and government data, and researchers say thousands of children each year are among the victims. From 1990 to 2003, roughly 85,800 U.S. children under age 19 were treated in emergency rooms for burns and other …

BELL, Calif. – An armed robbery suspect locked himself into a Starbucks restroom for nearly seven hours Monday morning before surrendering to police after several canisters of tear gas were thrown into the coffee shop, authorities said. The 21-year-old man surrendered without incident, and was not armed when he came …

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia – His name is on streets, schools, a brand of vodka and many a newborn baby. Now, 800 years after Genghis Khan inspired terror on two continents, Mongolians are taking their reverence for the great conqueror to new heights. The Mongolian capital’s airport is being renamed after …