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Newly conservative state legislatures are challenging the rules for abortion with hopes of reaching a newly conservative US Supreme Court....

The Fourth of July celebrates American independence. The Civil War was fought over what that really means. We see how the War Between the States helped define America today...

Healthcare reform is being used as a campaign issue against President Obama and against his leading Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts?

Despite public outrage, Greece has agreed to spending cuts and tax increases, although even those measures might not keep it from going bankrupt. If the US doesn't bite a similar bullet...

Also, as President Obama pushes for infrastructure rebuilding to jump-start the economy, China's on its way to becoming civil engineer to the world. Can the US keep up with cheap labor and government subsidies?

Wal-Mart, AT&T and power companies won big during this Supreme Court term. Is the Court more business-friendly under Chief Justice Roberts and the conservative majority?

Is the GOP trying to stop voter fraud or keep Obama supporters away from the polls? Can Dem's prove minorities, old people and college students can't produce state-issued picture ID's?

Much of human life depends on the oceans, and there's bad news about how the seas are affected, in turn, by human behavior. But there's good news, too...

President Obama says he's begun to wind down the war in Afghanistan. We get the details and the reaction from Washington to South Asia.

Accidents at nuclear power plants may be extremely rare, but when they occur they're devastating. Are US regulators doing enough to prevent a Fukushima-type incident here?