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The previously secret ratings system shows centers in Los Angeles and Detroit declined in quality over the last year.

Robert "Johnny" Boone, 73, was taken into custody in the northern part of the border Thursday in a small town outside of Montreal.

The age-old Christmas myth supposedly suggests that more people die during the holiday season due to fatal heart attacks and suicides than at any other time.

The asylum-seekers were intercepted in eight different operations in the Strait of Florida.

According to a report in Vocativ, the militant group urged its supporters to attack churches across the U.S. during the holiday season.

On Thursday, the president-elect alarmed nonproliferation experts when he called for the U.S. to "greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability."

Ex-sailor Janaye Ervin speaks for the first time about her “Star Spangled Banner” protest — and how the Navy brass reacted.

Former Sen. Joseph Lieberman says he thinks Arabs and Israelis are closer to peace than ever, but nothing will happen until the Palestinian issue is resolved.

There aren't a lot of options. Pick up that phone, soldier, and give your local shop a ring!

Many African-Americans will recognize Kwanzaa by reciting a poem or singing a song.

The incident occurred when a truck driver put an additional heater inside the vehicle to try to keep the puppies warm in frigid temperatures.

A sex toy company is developing a line of dolls that will be able to talk and move like humans during sex.

Chyna's autopsy revealed that she had several types of prescription drugs in her system when she died.

Small dogs and cats are welcome to fly in the cabin on several airlines.

Sweetgreen plans to eliminate cash transactions in all of its 64 locations by January 2017.

Conspiracy theories online include the Papini couple staging the kidnapping for financial gain and Sherri Papini faking her own abduction because she was having an affair.

The phenomenon is known for gumming up all types of communication.

The particular body part men find the sexiest on a woman isn't all that surprising.

A video of the incident shows the black mother telling police an elderly man choked her 7-year-old son after the boy littered on the street.

The Coast Guard began searching for a 33-year-old Royal Caribbean passenger off the Florida coast early Thursday.

The couple make quite a bit of dough from flipping houses on the HGTV series.

Both investors and environmental activists fear the new administration will quash an SEC rule that pushes companies to address the impact of climate change.

Capsaicin, the molecule that makes foods like chili peppers spicy, can kill breast cancer cells, a new study found.

More than 6.4 million people have signed up for Obamacare.

The service has been restored, but why the outage only affected Sprint customers is unclear.

A second storm is expected to hit southern California Friday, bringing high winds and heavy rains to the city.

Uber’s self-driving car program in San Francisco was plagued by regulatory and safety concerns.

The president-elect may find it hard to overturn Obama's decision to earmark parts of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans as “indefinitely” off-limits to offshore oil and gas drilling.

Police have not yet attributed a motive to the burning of the church that was earlier characterized as a hate crime believed to have been carried out by Trump supporters.