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Motorola engineer Martin Cooper made the first cellphone call 50 years ago this week. Who did he call? His competitor at Bell Laboratories to gloat.

ATF agent Peter Forcelli testified in front of Congress about the failed gun-walking operation.

The launch is a milestone in India's effort to foster a private space industry. The rocket, made by Hyderabad-based Skyroot, was aloft for about five minutes and reached peak altitude of 55 miles.

French President Emmanuel Macron was in New Orleans yesterday, the first visit by a French President in nearly 50 years.

Turkish police have apprehended more suspects in connection with the bomb attack on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul that killed six people and wounded several dozen others.

Customers pay ritual practitioners to bash an image of their target with a shoe. It could be anyone — rival lovers and unfriendly colleagues, or horrible bosses and unlikeable public figures.

Thanks to a very wet year, the Golden State is experiencing a rare "superbloom" that's blanketing the ground with a variety of richly colored plants.

Israeli novelist A.B. Yehoshua and Lebanese writer Elias Khoury discuss the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and its impact on the region they call home. Both men have experienced the effects of war first-hand.

Kate Zernike's Boiling Mad chronicles the rise of the Tea Party movement, which she says was driven by young, tech-savvy libertarians who have built the movement up from its grass roots.

Two Bloomington-Normal projects will receive a combined $2.6 million in grants as part of the state’s new Megasites Investment Program, officials said Thursday.