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President Obama began his State of the Union Tuesday night with what he called a fact: The United States of America now has the strongest most durable economy in the world, citing 14 million new jobs.

The first of thousands of Cubans stranded in Costa Rica flew to El Salvador on their way north to the U.S. Cuban emigration is surging amid fears the U.S. will soon cease to offer automatic residency.

[This story will be updated following the PUC meeting in Carson City this morning.]The Public Utilities Commission is reconsidering a controversial change…

The singular, gender-neutral usage of "they" is now acceptable on college campuses, among the genderqueer and in the Washington Post. Linguist Geoff Nunberg traces the rise of the new "they."

Last summer, Mendoza became the network's first female analyst during an MLB broadcast. Now the former Olympic softball player will be joining the broadcast full time.

The politics team dissects President Obama's final State of the Union address, Gov. Nikki Haley's Republican address and what it all means for both parties.

Al-Jazeera America has been plagued by problems from its inception. The network never quite connected with American audiences, and internal tensions spilled onto the press.

The USDA has been doling out nutrition advice since 1894. As the science changed, so did the government's efforts to visualize its best advice – sometimes, with amusing results to our modern eyes.

A contentious labor dispute between the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and its musicians has reached a breaking point.

The Supreme Court is considering whether legislators can give away Iranian government funds the U.S. controls, providing legal compensation to victims of specific terrorist attacks sponsored by Iran.