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Governors races in Kentucky and Louisiana are within reach for Democrats this month — thanks to both appealing moderate candidates and flawed GOP nominees.

Hundreds of Bloomington-Normal residents braved the cold Saturday morning to protest gun violence and mass shootings and advocate for gun reform.Students,…

Massachusetts has one of the highest rates of aging prisoners in the nation. A new law would allow parole for prisoners who can prove they are physically or cognitively incapacitated.

These days hospitals are looking for ways to improve health in their communities to prevent illness and control costs. One hospital in Ohio decided that health might start with affordable housing.

Emmerson Mnangagwa has emerged the victor of Zimbabwe's first presidential election since Robert Mugabe's ouster. But after delays and deadly violence, the opposition is alleging the vote was rigged.

Almost one-quarter of ICU nurses have symptoms of PTSD, studies find, and other nurses are seriously stressed at work, too. Some hospitals are trying to come up with ways to help them cope.

"I think that we've proven our worth over the years," Carli Lloyd says of the team that's been ranked No. 1 in the world since last July.

Librarian Abdel Kader Haidara organized a smuggling operation to keep centuries-old manuscripts out of the hands of al-Qaida. Joshua Hammer wrote about it in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu.

After her family fled to a refugee camp, she took a workshop in making videos. Her film about day-to-day life is now making the festival rounds.

On Friday, five leaders of Nordic countries met with President Obama to talk about immigration, terrorism and climate. Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom discusses the take-aways.