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Brazil may be known for its beaches and bikinis but it is a conservative and religious country, and apparently getting more so. Artists who tackle issues of sex and gender say they face a backlash.

President Trump held a meeting with students and teachers affected by last week's school shooting in Florida, as well as other prominent massacres.

State election officers from all over the country met in Washington, D.C., this weekend, and received a classified intelligence briefing on threats from foreign adversaries.

Eleanor Henderson's novel, set in 1930s Georgia, seeks to portray a time when "slavery was over, but not past," says our reviewer. But a lack of nuance keeps its characters from emerging as individuals.

A British minister is putting up a big obstacle to a $15 billion deal involving the Murdochs, questioning their leadership and commitment to fairness in the wake of scandals at Fox News and other parts of their media empire.

For student organizers at Rocky River High School, Wednesday’s student walkout was about more than remembering those who died in a February school shooting in Parkland, Florida. It was about standing up and making their voices heard. “The Parkland shooting really hit me hard,” 18-year-old senior Haley Reash-Henz said. “Parkland is a high school in a community that’s very similar to Rocky River so I felt that I could walk into school and maybe it would be my last time.”

The Syrian war has taken a new twist as Kurds have asked for help from Syrian forces to repel Turkish attacks. It's an area where the U.S., Iran and Russia are already on the ground backing various sides.

With the Columbus mayoral race, three big statewide issues, and a handful of city races, the city of Columbus and the State of Ohio had big decisions to…

Philadelphia's Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey is retiring at the end of the year. Under his watch, the murder and violent crime rates are lower than they've been in decades.

The Greek coast guard says at least 21 people, including nine children, died Friday after migrant boats sank in the Aegean Sea.