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The 2007 Nobel Prize in physics will be shared by two Europeans who discovered the physics that allows computer hard drives to compress large amounts of data. The prize was awarded to Albert Fert of France and Peter Grunberg of Germany.

An Islamist party has become Bangladesh's main opposition for the first time in the country's history, challenging the old dynastic political system despite persistent concerns among critics about the party's policies on women.

The heated dispute between the state and its largest online charter school reached a boiling point this week with a judge’s order for ECOT to turn over...

As this country becomes more diverse, some widely-shared traditions are starting to fade, including the singing of patriotic songs. Kids used to learn them in school, but that's becoming less common.

Following Britain's decision to leave the European Union, Baltic states like Lithuania are feeling less secure. David Greene talks to Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius.

The pan-generational duo Suzanne Ciani and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith pay tribute to the modular synth pioneer. "Don Buchla made it possible for me to share the way I hear and connect with the world."

Arun Gupta says he was never much of a fashionista — just a guy who likes to dress sharp without going broke. That's how he came up with the idea of Grailed.com, a high-end consignment website.

Turkey's prime minister surprised European Union leaders at a summit in Brussels by linking progress in Turkey's application to join the EU to assisting Europe with the migrant crisis.

While votes are still being counted, Tuesday’s election process was mostly a smooth one, according to Ohio voting rights groups. A few problems were reported to the groups’ voter assistance hotlines – things like delays at polling places, the sometimes poorly executed expansion of curbside voting and scattered incidents of voter intimidation. But mostly the huge statewide turnout and early voting numbers that dwarfed any previous years were seen as a success.

The loss from the 2008 Universal Studios backlot fire was thought to be a few movie sets and film duplicates. But Jody Rosen reports that it was one of the largest losses in recorded music's history.