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Many police departments are trying various strategies to help people get into drug treatment rather than arrest them. Over the past year, police in Gloucester, Mass., started an Angel Program.

Ahead of a major immigration speech, it's not entirely clear what Donald Trump's policies are. But maybe his voters just don't care.

Frances Dalbey, the executive director of the Hunt County United Way, says the organization's annual fund raising campaign is underway. United Way needs…

The ruling says Ireland gave the tech giant tax breaks that are illegal under European law. Ireland must recover that money, with interest, the commissioner says. Ireland and Apple say they'll appeal.

When humans talk to dogs, the canine brains seem to separate the meaning of the words from the intonation used and to analyze each aspect independently.

In 24 hours, the Italian navy and aid groups rescued 6,500 people from wooden and rubber boats off the coast of Libya. The migrants did not have enough fuel to reach Europe.

A trending hashtag on Twitter invites people to personify countries in Africa with various schoolyard archetypes.

Jollof rice is a celebration dish in West Africa. Each country in the region has its own take — and the rivalry over which version reigns supreme is constant fodder for a delicious war of words.

This year, Oregon's Legislature designated marijuana, which is legal there for recreational use, as a farm crop. It debuted among funnel cakes, livestock and zucchini this summer at the state fair.

This summer's killings of black men and the Black Lives Matter movement have rekindled calls in some parts of the African-American community to support black-owned businesses. That's not always easy.