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The state's governor signed a bill into law that will require graduates to pass the same civics test given to candidates for U.S. citizenship. Similar measures are being considered in other states.

People considering weight-loss surgery haven't had much evidence on long-term risks or benefits. A study finds lower death rates after surgery, even for people who were older and less healthy.

The World Health Organization has added nearly 400 more deaths from the current outbreak since its last report earlier this week.

Hours before the deadline set by North Korean for Seoul to halt propaganda broadcasts across the border, the two sides said they would meet face-to-face at the border village of Panmunjom.

For the next five seasons of Sesame Street, episodes will air first on HBO before they're made available to PBS for free nine months later.

The Associated Press has filed a lawsuit against the DOJ for a government sting operation in 2007 in which the FBI created a fake news story and impersonated a journalist.

Democrat Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says she will use the remainder of her term in office to concentrate on rebuilding parts of the city that were destroyed in April's riots.

Sen. Mark Begich concedes, lagging by 6,211 votes with few ballots left to countSen. Begich had held off conceding the race, which the AP called last…

Posting the strongest results in more than a decade, the U.S. economy blew past the consensus estimate of 4.3 percent growth put forth by economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.

In 2010, sportswriter Clay Travis said in a tweet, "There is a 100% chance that DeMarcus Cousins is arrested for something in the next five years."