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Safer had just announced his retirement from the newsmagazine last week after a 46-year run in which he covered the world. He was 84.

The National Transportation Safety Board said Brandon Bostian might have thought he was past a curve when he accelerated to 106 mph. The derailment killed eight people.

The tourists said they thought the bison was cold. They were fined, but the bison calf was never able to be reunited with its family.

All of the officers were recognized for showing exceptional courage despite threats to their personal safety.

The justices did not decide the central question in the case: whether Obamacare's contraceptive mandate violates the religious liberties of some organizations.

The officers will be presented with the highest national recognition of its kind. They will be awarded the Public Safety Medal of Valor. Their stories are filled with bravery and selflessness.

Five small islands in the Pacific were swallowed up by the sea, which is rising partly because of climate change. The islands were not inhabited but some islands that are could face the same fate.

The database includes more than 7,000 names from the United States and more than 300,000 entries overall.

On an American Airlines flight this week, a passenger went too far with "see something, say something." She flagged economist Guido Menzio as suspicious for working on a math equation.

A lawyer for Dr. Howard Kornfeld said the doctor immediately dispatched his son to Prince's Minneapolis estate. The son was said to be among those who found Prince dead and called 911.

"I've decided that your basic needs come before anything else," Gov. Alejandro García Padilla said, adding that he will not close hospitals in order to pay the island's debt.

Berrigan became emblematic of the opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam. He served time in jail for an audacious act of civil disobedience.

It sounds like science fiction, but it's a very real and contentious debate that is making its way through the U.N. Advocates of a ban want all military weapons to be under "meaningful human control."

The real estate heir pleaded guilty to a weapons charge just after he admitted to murder in an HBO documentary.

Thomas D. Schroeder of the Federal District Court in Winston-Salem said North Carolina had "legitimate state interests" to implement the law.

A three-judge panel overturned a lower court's ruling that found NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was not fair when he handed down the suspension.

Hundreds of people gathered for a peace march in West Baltimore to mark the anniversary of the death of Freddie Gray and the unrest that followed.

Prince was not only a spectacular musician but also a singular performer. From the Super Bowl to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he left a mark onstage.

The decision caps a public campaign asking for the change and months of deliberation by the Treasury.

At issue was whether Congress was stepping on the toes of the judiciary by essentially awarding damages to plaintiffs in certain cases.