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Fending off attacks from the left and the right, House GOP leaders begin the process of amending their American Health Care Act, which would replace Obamacare.

"Since 1976 there have been 16 vehicle-train collisions at this grade crossing prior to Tuesday's accident," the National Transportation Safety Board says.

Leave it to the Italians to take a holiday steeped in women's rights and turn it into Festa Della Donna, when women leave menfolk behind to celebrate each other with flowers, wine and above all, cake.

After six weeks of training, people could memorize twice as much. Areas of the brain had begun communicating in new ways — a lot like what happens inside the heads of world memory champions.

Refugee resettlement has been a divisive issue nationwide, and in Rutland, Vt., a city of 16,000 that was planning to take in 100 Syrian refugees this year, it may have cost the pro-refugee mayor his job.

Texas leads the nation in wind energy, while wind turbine technician is the fastest-growing job in the U.S. The industry flourished under former Gov. Rick Perry, Trump's new energy secretary.

Friday, March 10th, 2017, will mark nearly one hundred years since a telegram arrived in Commerce indicating that the Texas legislature had voted to…

The revival of playwright Luis Valdez's "Zoot Suit" reminds us that clothes and garments have long been the site upon which bigots can project their prejudices and fears.

Following federal indictments of seven officers last week, Baltimore's police commissioner said the city is ending plainclothes policing. The officers are accused of racketeering, robbing and extorting citizens, and filing false police reports. This all comes just two months after the Baltimore Police Department and the U.S. Department of Justice signed a consent decree that will result in major police reforms. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Justin Fenton, a Baltimore Sun reporter who has covered the police department for nine years.

Each year, millions upon millions of honey bees go on a cross country road trip to make the California almond harvest possible.