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Syed's case was the subject of the first season of the hugely popular podcast "Serial."

In a tightening of ties to balance China's expanding military power, India and the U.S. agreed to work on aircraft carrier technology as well as jet engines last year.

Among the people acquitted in homicide cases last year, over two-thirds were minorities, according to the National Registry of Exonerations.

Charles Harvey Eccleston, a former energy department employee, tried to extract the “top secret” information from government computers through “spear-phishing” emails.

The aid will cover part of customers’ utility bills as residents complain about health issues amid a water contamination crisis.

The action by Los Angeles prosecutors Tuesday coincides with a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general over an ongoing problem.

The American Red Cross request follows a World Health Organization declaration of the virus outbreak as a global health emergency.

More than 17 million petite-sized paperbacks will be distributed through Feb. 15 in partnership with Reading is Fundamental.

Residents of the Missouri city aired concerns Tuesday about a plan to overhaul the city's police force following the death of Michael Brown.

The types of mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus are common in Florida and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

An FBI spokeswoman said the agency was determining whether federal laws were broken.

The measure was criticized by Democrats and LGBT rights activists for not including transgender protections.

Dallas County, Texas, health officials said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the case.

The Florida senator's strong finish in Iowa will likely win him more support, but he will have to keep his momentum going.

U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders tells supporters in New Hampshire to get out the vote.

Sen. Bernie Sanders' supporters flooded the internet with explanations for their loss, including suggestions of fraud and uncounted precincts.

Bernie Sanders very nearly tied Hillary Clinton in Iowa on Monday night. Young voters could help him again next week.

In a speech Tuesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter previewed a $582 billion spending plan for fiscal 2017 that will be detailed next week.

Activists called on the Republican to send back money received from a member of a white nationalist group.

The White House wants to prevent overdoses and expand access to treatment amid a growing number of U.S. drug overdoses.

Although it’s still very early, Sen. Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton have several options to choose from that could increase their ability to woo more voters.

With farmland values sliding as the Fed raises rates and China buys fewer exports, Hawkeye State farmers would welcome the billionaire candidate.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says parts of metro Detroit have sulfur dioxide pollution at levels exceeding federal air quality standards.

Federal law passed after the Sept. 11 terror attacks changed the way states vet residents applying for identification documents.

Clinton raised $38 million more than Bernie Sanders last year and still wasn’t able to cinch a blowout in the Iowa caucus.

A new study that followed 3,500 recreational users over 25 years reported that long-term pot use could weaken verbal memory recall.

For the annual tradition, thousands of revelers converge on the small Pennsylvania town of Punxsutawney to see if Punxsutawney Phil will emerge from his temporary burrow — a simulated tree stump on a farm — and see his shadow.

Chicago's police force has struggled to regain public trust after a video, released in November, showed an officer-involved shooting of a black teenager.

The derailment, which killed eight people and injured about 200 others, is considered the worst train disaster in the U.S. in decades.