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Mecklenburg, North Carolina, is celebrating its own Declaration of Independence claiming it was signed a year before all the American colonies split from British rule.

The map released by NASA was made by tracking subtle variations in the planet's gravitational pull on orbiting spacecraft.

In the state's seventh congressional district, Rep. Susan Wild is delicately juggling her constituents' pocketbook issues with support for an impeachment inquiry against the president.

In 1969, a team of researchers took a patch of forest in central New Hampshire and mapped the territories of the songbirds inhabiting it. For more than half a century, that work has continued, revealing insights about the forest and its birds with evermore modern techniques.

Gabriel Sterling, of the Georgia secretary of state's office, says some proposed restrictions on voting go too far. But he defends others as potentially being helpful to elections administrators.

The can from Myrtle Beach made the 3,500 journey across the Atlantic Ocean. A resident in County Mayo discovered it, and posted photos online. Officials say it probably washed away during a storm.

The computer system used for law enforcement in the Houston area crashed on March 24, preventing defendants from getting an initial court hearing within the legal timeframe.

Cook County Public Guardian Charles Golbert said DCFS isn't being transparent about its potential involvement with the family of a 4-year-old East...