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Owen Burns, 13, sprung into action after another boy attacked his sister. He used his slingshot to shoot the suspect in the head and chest.

The ride-hailing firms spent millions trying to persuade city voters to reject rules requiring drivers to be fingerprinted. But they lost, and now say they're "pausing" operations in Texas' capital.

Voter turnout was big in Idaho, Utah and Arizona, and that meant long lines at polling places. In Idaho, the line into one caucus site was reportedly longer than a mile.

Politicians, police officers, and media personalities have all gotten blow-back for inflammatory social media posts about the shooting of officers in Dallas.

Asked to name his favorite foreign leader, or any foreign leader he admires, Libertarian nominee for president Johnson was unable to come up with an answer.

David Greene and Steve Inskeep look back on the career of Hollywood director Curtis Hanson, who died on Tuesday at age 71. Hanson was also an Oscar-winning screenwriter.

The smartest pigeon learned to recognize about 60 four-letter words. It's the first time an orthographic brain has been recorded in a nonprimate.

Visitors to the Rio Olympics will likely have a chance to taste feijoada. Chef Alcy De Souza of The Grill From Ipanema in Washington, D.C. explains how the Brazilian stew is made.

A new study shows black male athletes are completing college at significantly lower rates. Renee Montagne speaks to Kevin Blackistone, a "Washington Post" sport columnist, to examine this pervasive problem.

An Ohio House committee held a rare evening hearing to once again discuss a controversial bill that would repeal the state’s education standards -- known…