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The coast guard crew encounters migrants — and smugglers — almost every night in the Aegean Sea, and the numbers are rising rapidly. Some come from as far away as Afghanistan.

One of the hottest new startups in the Bay Area is a school. The AltSchool was founded by a former Google engineer and he's raised $100 million to build these for-profit microschools.

The Oklahoma city area was the hardest hit. Meteorologists believe that a line of thunderstorms spawned more than a dozen twisters.

LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a 1-year-old child was found in a dumpster outside of a La Vista apartment complex.The La Vista Police Department says…

Echoing the British royal family's announcement, a Japanese zoo said its newborn macaque also would be called Charlotte, after the name got the most votes in an online poll. Complaints were made.

A three-judge panel said Congress did not intend to give the National Security Agency the authority to collect metadata about Americans' phone records in bulk when lawmakers wrote the Patriot Act.

At a government-run hospital in Liberia, Dr. Gabriel Logan is doing everything he can to save Ebola patients. That includes experimenting with an HIV drug as treatment.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two staffers with the state ombudsman's office say they repeatedly warned Nebraska prison administrators about a violent inmate who…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The judge overseeing a gay former state official's discrimination lawsuit against Governor Terry Branstad and several aides is…

Around the world, 165 million children are exploited as workers on farms, in mines and as domestic servants. Will the Nobel Peace Prize prompt action on child labor?