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Former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner is scheduled for early release from jail Friday after serving three months of a six-month sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.

It isn't exactly a squid pro quo, but scientists are naming a new fish after President Barack Obama partly as a way to say thanks for his decision last month to create a new protected area off the Hawaiian coast.

Hillary Clinton's email scandal roared back to life Friday after the FBI released a report detailing her interview with investigators.

Henry Kissinger and George Shultz announced Friday that they will not be backing either major party candidate in the 2016 race, saying they'd prefer to focus on working across party lines to improve America's standing in the world.

Events in Latin America typically garner little attention in the United States. But from Brazil to Venezuela, from Colombia to Cuba, an avalanche of important stories has helped the region pierce the shield of indifference to find a place in the headlines.

South Carolina beekeeper Juanita Stanley has a message to mosquito control officials who she believes are overreacting to Zika: "Stop. This is crazy. It's like using a sledgehammer to crack a peanut. The devastation that it has already caused is beyond comprehension. We can't live without these honeybees."

Jackie Chan is set to receive an honorary Oscar in November to honor the martial arts movie star's "distinctive international career."

SpaceX's Dragon space capsule has eight escape rockets built into its walls designed to lift astronauts out of harm's way if the Falcon rocket below it is destroyed.

The closer we get to Election Day, the more we must reflect on the type of presidency we can expect from the winning candidate. Will the country get the "Team of Rivals" described by Doris Kearns Goodwin in her book about Lincoln's cabinet or, perhaps, a collection of Yes Men of the sort who helped Richard Nixon self-destruct?

And we thought last summer was crazy.

Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem before Thursday's preseason NFL game and pledged to continue his protest over police brutality and racism in the US.

Maribel Martinez got the surprise of her life at the airport last month when airline employees brought her a boy who had just arrived on a flight from the Dominican Republic. They thought he was her son. He wasn't.