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The consequences of housing segregation can be severe. But they can also be intimate and nebulous, and show up at the most awkward times.

A total of 14 detainees have been transferred to Kuwait, Ghana, Saudi Arabia and Oman in the past two weeks. That leaves 93 detainees at the military prison in Cuba.

For the first time since the most recent Ebola outbreak began, Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have each reported zero cases of Ebola for 42 days in a row. But the risk of small flare-ups remains.

Almost a third of children in Nevada between the ages of four and five are overweight. To address this problem, state lawmakers have passed new…

Brazil was riding high when it was awarded the 2016 Olympics seven years ago. But the country is now in economic turmoil and facing a rash of problems as it prepares for the games in August.

Tom Rochon said he believed it was time for a leader to make a "fresh start" on the challenges of diversity that were made public by protests last semester.

Adolf Hitler wrote his famous manifesto while serving time for an attempted coup that started in a German beer hall. Author Peter Ross Range says, "There was an obvious need to get his message out."

Human rights groups say there has been a marked increase in the number of Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen recently. Many are worried about the use of American-made cluster bombs in civilian areas, which could pull the U.S. further into the conflict.

Fewer than 10 percent of America's high schools offer computer science classes. Educators say just adding courses isn't enough — it will take teachers who inspire.

On Thursday, three men were found guilty in the eye-popping theft of cash and jewelry worth millions. Four others had pleaded guilty previously in the complex, physically demanding heist.