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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, in a conference call with California Governor Jerry Brown Friday, singled out two New York GOP Congressmen for criticism,…

The system, the judge ruled, provides no effective way to challenge one's placement on the list, so that violates Americans' constitutional right to due process.

Vandalism, violence and a dozen fires broke out in pockets of St. Louis County, Mo., in the tense hours following a grand jury's decision not to indict the officer who fatally shot Michael Brown.

Jamaican producer Lee "Scratch" Perry has died at age 85. His idiosyncratic work in reggae and dub had an oversize impact on popular music around the globe.

The white supremacist suspect in Buffalo is 18 years old. Some news organizations and commentators have called him a "teenager" and "child" rather than a "man."

Entering the Waterford Historical District seems surreal: modern cars and the issues of the day confront you in a town filled with late 18th and 19th century buildings and a farm-land vista that seems drawn from an earlier age. NPR's Jacki Lyden reports how the modern age may finally be catching up with Waterford.

Ghana's Vice President John Dramani Mahama has written a new memoir of growing up during what he calls Africa's "lost decades," the dfficult years after independence. It's not all politics, though: Mahama also writes about enjoying James Brown and traditional village dances.

In How to Read a French Fry: And Other Stories of Intriguing Kitchen Science, Russ Parsons answers all sorts of food science questions, including why meat browns, why sauces emulsify and how frying is different from roasting.

The Bureau of Land Management headquarters is moving from Washington, D.C., to Grand Junction, Colo. The Trump administration says it wants the agency to be nearer to the places it oversees.

Alabama is the last state that allows judicial override — when a judge can impose a death sentence by overruling a jury's recommendation of life in prison. That may change soon.