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Alaska voters react to allegations that Democrats recruited a spoiler in the U.S. Senate race there. But some say Republican groups promote spoilers too.

The lawsuit by the NAACP, Texas NAACP, and Texas LULAC follows revelations that more than half a million voter registration ...

New research shows that humans are not the only species to get jet lag: Some birds appear to experience it too.

Best-selling children's author R.J. Palacio talks about her new picture book called The Haunted Playground. It's about what ghosts get up to when they're off the clock.

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Elizabeth McCracken's connected short stories chronicle a family's encounters with their eldest son's girlfriend and eventual ...

Dolores Huerta was a civil rights icon and labor leader who met countless famous people in her long life. She was also a passionate jazz fan, who found herself speechless when she met Charlie Parker.

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Just months after a deadly Andes hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship captured international attention, researchers at ...