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If the U.S. is preparing for war on the Korean Peninsula, there is little evidence to show for it. The military posture is more about deterrence than anything else.

Democrats are hoping to finish Jackson's confirmation process before Congress leaves for Easter recess April 11.

Former U.S.Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan dies at the age of 76. The New York Democrat was a scholarly politician who led a colorful and varied life, serving at various times as a U.N. ambassador, Harvard professor, shoe-shine boy and longshoreman. Moynihan died from complications of an infection following a burst appendix. (Please note: audio in this piece has been revised to acknowledge that Sen. Moynihan was born in Oklahoma, not Arizona.)

As Medicare prepares to start punishing hospitals with higher than expected readmission rates, new government data show that some hospitals with high readmissions are doing a better job than most in keeping Medicare patients alive.

Conjoined twin boys Moaz and Nawras have been evacuated out of one of Syria's most embattled areas for urgent medical treatment, following an international appeal to save their lives.

The spellers made it through 25 championship rounds to be named co-winners. Nihar Saireddy Janga was among the youngest in the finals; Jairam Jagadeesh Hathwar follows his brother, a 2014 co-champ.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was "provocative and disproportionate."

Sebastián Piñera canceled an Asia-Pacific trade forum and a United Nations climate summit, saying he has to "put the needs of Chileans first."

Lillian Kay Petersen, 17, has won the Regeneron Science Talent Search, a top science and math competition for high school seniors. Her winning project: a tool to predict crop harvests.

It's the fourth such pact brokered by the Trump administration in recent months between Israel and Arab countries in the Middle East and Africa.