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NPR's Joel Rose reports that the goal of the plan is to reduce the number of people in the city's jail on Rikers Island.

On the face of it, the two hottest candidates heading into the New Hampshire primary couldn't be more different. But there are definite similarities.

The Senate minority leader and his wife are seeking more than $50,000 in damages over what they say is a defective resistance band that caused him to lose sight in his right eye, among other injuries.

The New Orleans chef changed the way the world saw Louisiana cooking. He has died at the age of 75.

The death of the highly respected hip-hop figure prompted an outpouring of tribute and personal stories from his community this weekend.

Summertime and the living has not always been so easy on some American beaches. For shore.

1st Lt. Shaye Haver and Capt. Kristen Griest endured the grueling course, meeting the same physical standards as their male counterparts.

The graffiti artist's darkly themed art show in England spurred wild demand for tickets, causing the website to crash. Now people are wondering if the confusion is all part of the show.

A 26-year-old Moroccan identified as Ayoub El-Khazzani, has been named by police as the Kalashnikov-wielding man who was subdued by passengers aboard a high-speed train on Saturday.

The mostly Syrian migrants have been crowding the border area at a rate of 2,000 a day in hopes of reaching northern Europe.