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Statements from President-elect Donald Trump raise questions about the incoming administration, big issues before the Supreme Court and progress toward nominating a ninth Supreme Court justice.

Vice presidential debates are rarely consequential in elections, but they have provided some of the most indelible moments from campaigns in the past.

The classroom writing implement has roots in exploding stars, the French Revolution, the British crown jewels and Walden Pond.

Discussing "the State of the World" on Capitol Hill, the former general urges a quick resolution to the review behind the ban on immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries.

The star of Singin' in the Rain — as well as more than 50 other films — died just one day after her 60-year-old daughter, Carrie Fisher. Reynolds starred on Broadway, TV and even had a No. 1 single.

Our 10 most popular global health and development posts in 2016.

The British pop icon made large donations to a variety of charities — and worked hard to keep the gifts from garnering publicity. Fans on Twitter have shared stories of individual acts of charity.

The new president has reinstated the "Mexico City" policy first instituted by Ronald Reagan in 1984. And this version is even broader than previous ones.

Galvanized by current political events, artists at the Folk Alliance International Conference discuss the ways they see protest music evolving — and folk itself expanding.

Of the scholars who set out on a 1761 quest to Yemen, only one came back alive. But don't let their looming doom distract from the drama in Thorkild Hansen's hybrid of history, fiction and travelogue.