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The man convicted in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz in New York City has had his conviction thrown out. A jury convicted Pedro Hernandez following his confession in the notorious abduction.

A team of researchers tried something that's never been done as a conflict rages. Instead of trying to calculate the toll of war in the moment, they looked forward. What's the reaction to their study?

Beyond pesky, mosquitoes kill hundreds of thousands of people worldwide each year. And the bites aren't random. A mouth packed with sensors, drills, spears and straws guides the bug to blood.

Lacking connection can increase the risk for premature death to levels comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to a new advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General.

The House majority whip's protestations of innocence about EURO and its views have strained credulity, both in Washington and in Louisiana. But it's not nearly enough to bring him down.

Nepal is a poor country. Unemployment is high. Politics is a mess. But as one resident puts it, "[We] have the ability to be happy about how unhappy we are."

The very words themselves call up ancient things. I imagine it on the menu that day in the year 1215 when King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta at…

02/05/15 - 1:30 - Syndicated food columnist Linda Gassenheimer, Special wine correspondent Fred Tasker and WLRN hosts Joseph Cooper and Bonnie Berman…

Monday kicked off National YoungArts Week, five days of intensive programming for the 153 top winners and art events showcasing their work and talent to the public.

A low-pressure system will travel over Florida and bring lots of deep tropical moisture, producing numerous storms, especially across South and Central Florida.

Six-year old Jerry Morrison is obsessed with space — a love that intensifies when talking to his uncle, a NASA engineer. "I learned from you a lot," Morrison told him. "More than I could imagine."

The House impeachment managers filed a pretrial brief arguing former President Trump should be convicted and barred from holding future federal office after inciting an insurrection.

After Senate Republicans blocked plans for an outside commission to investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the House will vote to create a special panel for a new investigation.

A new study argues that taxing sodas and sugary drinks by the calorie would spur consumers to cut back. A 6-cent tax per 12-ounce can would lead to 5,800 fewer calories consumed per year, it found.

The 800-page report details why the panel recommended four criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump. The report comes after the panel's final business hearing on Monday.

In two letters, Alito said it was his wife’s decision to fly two politically contentious flags, adding that neither he nor his wife was aware of the modern political connotations associated with the flags.

D.C. police officers experienced some of the most intense violence during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. We sat down with two of them to rewatch their body camera footage from that day.

Art Basel 2012 has crammed Miami Beach's streets with natives and foreigners from all around the world. Interesting and unfamiliar accents flood the Basel…

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday proposed a record $96.6 billion state budget for the upcoming fiscal year, offering a more upbeat picture of Florida’s finances than lawmakers who will have to stitch together a spending plan as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hamper the economy.

The next hearing of the January 6th Committee on Tuesday will focus on how Trump pressured state officials to help him overturn the election results — most prominently in Georgia.