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Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, spent Wednesday pitching President Obama's revised Afghan strategy to his troops and Afghan officials. McChrystal acknowledged it's going to take more than words to persuade Afghans that Obama's new strategy can bring peace.

Outmigration from Massachusetts is “accelerating at an alarming rate,” with drivers like housing and healthcare costs playing a role, among other factors.

The Democratic governor’s top fiscal aide sent a letter to state agencies telling them to hold the line on spending.

School vouchers are a top priority for Gov. Abbott in Texas, where the legislature is poised to pass a $1 billion plan. Democrats say the money would be better used to strengthen public schools.

Every culture has its own special soup. The belief is that a bowl will make you feel better if you're feeling under the weather, hung over or just in need of a pick-me-up.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sat down with All Things Considered's Juana Summers to talk about the recent debt ceiling negotiations and what this says about the direction Congress is headed.

The New York Yankees have added Carlos Rodón to their rotation, agreeing to a $162 million, six-year contract with the left-hander.

In Girl, a young woman in Nigeria is abducted by Boko Haram — and that's just the beginning. For nearly 60 years, its Irish author has written about women "both as victims and as fighters, combined."

"We are foreign prisoners in Shanghai Qingpu prison China," the note said in English. "Forced to work against our will. Please help us and notify human rights organization."

Six Chinese men survived the sinking of the Titanic. Their stories were lost to history until the documentary The Six showed how their lives were shaped by America's restrictive immigration policies.