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American Indians have a much higher risk for diabetes than Caucasians -- and a new study suggests their ancestors' diet may be one of the reasons they're more susceptible to the disease.

In the first half of this year, 15 states managed to pass almost 40 laws that restrict women's reproductive rights.

While there is public outcry for a discussion on gun control, residents in Colorado have begun seeking background checks needed to buy guns. A local paper reported there has been an increasing number of people showing interest in carry-permit training.

Alexander Teves was a 24-year-old University of Arizona graduate student who risked his own life to save that of another. According to his girlfriend Amanda Lindgren, Teves was shot and killed while shielding her from bullets when a gunman fired during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises in an Aurora, Colo.

The U.S. housing recovery is here, with an uptick in prices, government support and a decrease in unsold off-market homes, known as shadow inventory, according to analysts from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS), the fifth-largest U.S. bank by assets.

The names of the 12 people who died in the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., on Friday has been released. Learn their names and the stories behind the victims as told by families and friends.

Brian Ross of ABC News suggested this morning that the alleged shooter in Aurora, Colorado may have had connections to the Tea Party.

President Obama has been in heavy campaign mode lately, but he stayed away from politics during a Friday morning speech addressing the massacre at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.

With the start of training camp just weeks away, the Chiefs may have found a hidden gem in Dexter Heyman.

The Yankees have looked into trading for Justin Upton.

A New York-based advocacy group found that nearly 40 laws enacted across 15 states this year have the potential to restrict women's access to reproductive health care, nearly 40 years after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade made the controversial procedure legal.

An animal rights campaign underscores the power activists have to pressure companies to stop using inhumane suppliers.

Investigators in Arizona are calling out President Barack Obama, saying that the birth certificate released by the White House in April 2011 is definitely fraudulent. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the man who is spearheading the investigation, said in March that he believed there was probable cause that Obama's long-form birth certificate was a product of computer-generated forgery.

Rapper DMX was hospitalized with a concussion Saturday after losing control of his ATV in South Carolina.

Although Sen. John McCain had indicated he would support the Democratic-backed DISCLOSE Act, he is opposing the bill along with the rest of the Senate GOP.

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., whose mysterious monthlong leave of absence has perplexed Chicago and Capitol Hill, is at a residential treatment facility for a mood disorder, his doctor said in a statement released by the congressman's office Wednesday evening.

Peri & Sons Farms has agreed to pay a record $2.3 million in back wages to 1,365 foreign seasonal agricultural laborers who had worked for the Yerington, Nev.-based onion grower under the H-2A visa program.

Ike Diogu has made his alma mater, Arizona State University, and his parents' native Nigeria proud after his play helped the African nation become the last country to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics in basketball.

Researchers at the University of Arizona claim to have invented a pair of robotic legs that mimic the human gait better than any other artificial leg.

Posner said he has become less conservative since the Republican Party started becoming goofy.

Who needs to swim at a beach on the coast when you can frolic in some of the United States' most scenic countryside?