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Humans are traveling farther into space than ever before. We look at the physics of launch – how to send something up and how it can come crashing back down.

A severe winter storm makes landfall in Gaza, drenching families and makeshift tents as aid groups say Israel's impeding shelter supplies.

The comedian just came off four seasons on Saturday Night Live. Now, she wants to break through to the next part of her career — convincing people she's a writer as well as a performer.

The College Board has begun using what it calls an Environmental Context Dashboard to provide colleges with more information about the social and economic background of students who take the SAT.

Lookout Santa Cruz won the Pulitzer prize for breaking news. Its founder sees this as a bright sign for the future of local independent journalism.

Spain suffered Europe's worst Islamist bombing in 2004, but has avoided a major attack since — an accomplishment some analysts say is thanks to security systems left from the Franco-era police state.

The talks are still expected to happen next month in Singapore, despite North Korea's threats to back out. The South Korean president is playing mediator to keep things on track.

Prosecutors face multiple challenges in proving Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro played a central role in a cocaine-trafficking conspiracy that spans some two decades.

Artist Antonio Alcala gets the stamp of approval for his new USPS postage stamp.

More than three dozen people were killed as two high-speed trains collided in southern Spain.

Delegates from Vietnam's communist party are meeting to choose leadership and chart its economic future. The current General Secretary To Lam is expected to keep his post and seek that of president.

Several dozen are believed killed in a fire at a New Year's Eve party in a Swiss ski resort bar.

About 40 people are dead and more than 100 are injured after a fire ripped through a New Year's Eve party at a Swiss ski resort bar. Authorities are still investigating what caused the blaze.

The U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro marks the beginning of a long court process amid questions about the legality of the extraction itself.

Nearly 15,000 New York City nurses are on strike demanding things like higher wages and more security in hospitals. The head of the of the New York State Nurses Association talks about the next steps.

In Venezuela, tensions reached fever pitch this week when opposition leader Juan Guaidó called for the military to oust President Nicolás Maduro.

Former president Jimmy Carter will be laid to rest in his hometown of Plains, Ga. He died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, and was honored with a National Funeral Service in Washington, D.C.

A large blast rocked southern Beirut after Israel vowed to strike at Hezbollah for a rocket attack in Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on the Lebanon Border.

Venezuela's opposition are holding a primary to elect the candidate who will take on President Nicolas Maduro in next year's elections. The Maduro government is not making campaigning or voting easy.

When the pause is in effect, officials will study the cost of the H-1B program. Critics say it could harm Florida’s competitiveness against other state university systems.

Was Judge Hannah Dugan trying to obstruct a proceeding or trying to run her courtroom when ICE agents came to arrest an undocumented immigrant? A federal jury will decide

Many American companies left Russia shortly after it invaded Ukraine. Others that waited are now finding it challenging to leave.

The groups' targets? Democrats undecided on whether to accept or reject the deal when they vote this fall. The campaigns include tens of millions of dollars spent on TV ads in nearly two dozen states.

The Republican Party in the past has had a close relationship with Wall Street and big business. But lately there's growing tension and disagreement as some Republicans in Congress consider a possible government shutdown. The Tea Party seems to have the strongest criticism of big business.

Medicare will cut payments to hospitals with high rates of patient infections and injuries. Half of the nation's academic medical centers will be docked for making too many medical mistakes.