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Critics say giving the assailants notoriety offers little to help understand the attacks and instead fuels celebrity-style coverage that encourages future attacks.

The change is driven in part by the new Democratic majority in the House, along with younger and more tech-savvy lawmakers in both parties.

A man who said he was cleaning out an old videotape collection found a video that appears to be R. Kelly sexually abusing girls, he and his attorney said Sunday.

Maryland’s highest court, in a split 4-3 decision, ruled that there will be no new trial for convicted killer Adnan Syed.

Chelsea Manning, the former Army private, is back in U.S. federal custody, jailed over her refusal to testify in a case involving WikiLeaks and Julian Assange.

Facebook announced on Thursday it is taking steps to combat the spread of anti-vaccine information across the social media platform.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he's shifting his company's focus to messaging services designed to serve as fortresses of privacy.

Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez cites a report in The New Yorker about close ties between the Trump administration and the conservative cable news network.

A lawsuit claiming "an illegal and bad-faith takeover" of the Miss America Organization was withdrawn Monday for financial reasons.

A handful of physicians are using the show to teach medical students how to diagnose disease.

An early shaper of public radio’s sound and mission, Bill Siemering created shows that remain popular decades after their launch. Now he helps spread radio across the globe.

A new study shows that health-related searches spike in the week before a hospital visit — and how analyzing that data could improve patient care.

A winter of discontent for the Academy Awards will culminate Sunday in an Oscar ceremony that may lack a host but isn't missing intrigue.

A stranger lip-syncing to one of her songs in South Africa has propelled a Philadelphia singer to resume her career.

The National Enquirer's alleged attempt to blackmail Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos with intimate photos could get the tabloid's parent company and top editors in deep legal trouble.