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The 1.6 million number marks the largest-ever effort to strip permissions for immigrants who attempted to migrate to the country through legal means, advocates say.

A Israeli military court has extended the prison detention of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American facing up to 20 years in prison for allegedly throwing rocks in the West Bank. U.S. lawmakers have urged his release.

A bill passed by the California Legislature requires drugmakers to give 60 days' notice before raising a drug's price by 16 percent or more over two years, and to justify the price increase.

In 2006, the World Health Organization issued a report on the "elimination of leprosy as a public health problem." A new report estimates there are still 200,000 new cases a year.

With so many dedicated to solving nature's riddles at CERN, it's hard not to think of it as a modern cathedral, a link between reason and mystery, a place of pilgrimage, says blogger Marcelo Gleiser.

The controversy continues over Starbucks, race and bias after a video went viral on social media this weekend. It shows an incident involving the police and two men at a location in downtown Philadelphia.

Inmates who took college-level courses while in prison saw a 16 percent drop in their risk of reincarceration.

The café sits on the 16th floor of Franklin County’s municipal court offers a 360-view of downtown Columbus in a spacious dining room, with made-to-order food. In addition to committing to a wage of at least $15 an hour, benefits and other employee supports, the café is a training field for employees to learn new skills.

A 24-year-old Palestinian who was elected "president" on a TV reality show gets peppered with policy questions by his fans. It's a sign of how hungry Palestinians are for delayed real elections.

5,000 babies have been born in the Zaatari camp in Jordan. The moms receive great care. But some feel unduly pressured by their husbands to have babies to make up for lives lost in Syria's civil war.