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It was mostly Chris Stapleton’s night at the Country Music Association Awards

Vigils and other events are being held to draw attention to transgender people who have lost their lives due to violence in the past year

Susan Smith will ask a parole board in South Carolina for her freedom for the first time on Wednesday

Susan Smith has asked a parole board in South Carolina for her freedom for the first time

A parole board in South Carolina has ruled unanimously that Susan Smith should remain in prison 30 years after she was convicted of rolling her car into a lake and drowning her two young sons

President-elect Donald Trump is clearly prizing experience on television as he chooses people to serve in his new administration

Women's health advocates in Africa are worried that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will again invoke the so-called global gag rule, a policy that cuts off U.S. government funding for groups that offer abortion-related services

Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai is testifying in his defense at his landmark national security trial

Distant, ancient galaxies are giving scientists more hints that a mysterious force called dark energy may not be what they thought

After almost a year of testimony, prosecutors in Atlanta rested their case against the two remaining defendants in a gang and racketeering trial that had included rapper Young Thug before he pleaded guilty