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Biologists say newly efficient and accurate gene sequencing techniques have allowed them to fairly quickly detail full genomes and find overlooked genes in a broad range of 25 important species.

A fundraiser for a local, independent community school has drawn the attention of a group known for hateful rhetoric against the LGBTQ community, but the school’s leadership say they won’t be bullied into canceling Saturday’s family-friendly story hour featuring performances from drag queens.

Six of eight federal prosecutors fired by the Bush administration testify before House and Senate committees. Congressional Democrats are looking into allegations that the attorneys were fired for political reasons.

Officer Ryan Speakman directed his K-9 to attack 23-year-old Jadarrius Rose after he had already surrendered to police and had his hands up

Our modern fruits, grains and vegetables aren't nearly as nutrition-packed as their wild counterparts were thousands of years ago, says health writer Jo Robinson.

J. Michael Lennon's mammoth new Norman Mailer: A Double Life draws on 25 years of access to its subject. Reviewer Alan Cheuse — himself a Mailer fan — says the biography is a "satisfying experience" that reads almost as if it came directly from the writer himself.

The Toronto Raptors player has been banned for life from the NBA after a probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and bet on games, even betting on the Raptors to lose.

How much sway do stars really have when it comes to putting the next President in the White House?

Kolwezi has some of the world's largest copper and cobalt reserves and that makes it a key location at the heart of the U.S. and China's jostle for mineral supremacy on the African continent.

Protests erupted in India with the passage of a controversial new law that uses religion as a criteria for citizenship. Critics say it violates the secularism enshrined in India's constitution.