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Pentagon official Robert Wilkie has his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. He's President Trump's pick to lead the VA.

C.S. Pacat's comic about rivalries and relationships in the overheated world of elite high school fencers stars a brash outsider up against a sleek yet surly prodigy at the top of his game.

An acoustic jazz band in Los Angeles make their way to their gigs, instruments and all, by bike and skateboard. Occasionally, they have to use the metro, but human-powered transport is preferred.

James P. Allison, 70, and Tasuku Honjo, 76, won the prize for their discovery of cancer therapy that works by harnessing the body's own immune system.

O'Brien has been working in the State Department as the administration's hostage negotiator. He'll replace former Ambassador John Bolton, who parted company with Trump.

Fifty years ago, the song "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single by the cartoon band would go on to be named 1969's song of the year.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been given a three-year prison sentence for corruption and influence peddling.

We're celebrating what our pals at the Code Switch blog are calling Black Kiss-tory this Valentine's Day, with a roundup of classic, too-often-overlooked Black romance authors.

Members of the Asian American community in Northeast Ohio are shocked and outraged over the shootings at Atlanta-area massage parlors Tuesday night that left eight people dead, including six women of Asian descent. Atlanta Police said the suspect, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long of Woodstock, Ga., told authorities the shooting spree was not racially motivated. Police added it was too soon to know whether his actions should be considered a hate crime. The killings are just the latest in an upsurge of violence against Asian Americans in the United States.

Canada has arrested 17 people who were allegedly planning to carry out bomb attacks in southern Ontario. Steve Inskeep talks to Mike McDonnell of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police about the case.