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It's hard to keep up with Atlanta urologist Brian Hill.

Authorities say Brandy James locked her son, now 12, in an upstairs bathroom in her Toquerville, Utah, home for perhaps as long as two years.

January is often a depressing month for people facing months of gray winter skies. Not so for FBI Director James Comey who sounded on Thursday like he was about to contort his 6'8" frame into a happy dance to celebrate Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's announcement that Comey, the FBI and the Justice Department will be investigated for their handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation and other election-related issues.

Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary cleared an important legal hurdle on Friday as the House voted largely along party lines to grant him a special exemption from a key law that had been standing in his way.

On NBC's "Meet the Press," Rep. John Lewis says that he does not see President-elect Donald Trump as a "legitimate" commander in chief in light of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

After an uproar over the portrayal of Michael Jackson in a British TV production, Sky Arts announced it would not broadcast the episode featuring Joseph Fiennes as the late superstar.

An Arizona trooper who had been shot and was being beaten by a man with a pistol was saved Thursday by a motorist who killed his attacker, authorities said.

President Barack Obama will hold his final news conference Wednesday afternoon in the White House briefing room.

President-elect Donald Trump's relationship with Russia has never been under closer scrutiny. But this week, for the first time, the views of those who will serve alongside him at the highest level have also come under the spotlight.

CIA director nominee Rep. Mike Pompeo apologized to Sen. Dianne Feinstein in a private meeting Monday for critical comments he made about her in 2014 after she released a controversial Senate intelligence committee report detailing acts of torture by the CIA following 9/11, according to a source familiar with the issue.

Conal Footwear apologized and recalled a line of boots after a viral image showed they left swastika imprints.

President George W. Bush's twin daughters are offering advice to Malia and Sasha Obama, who are soon to join them in the ranks of former first kids.

Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush penned an open letter offering advice to Sasha and Malia Obama as they prepare for life after the White House.

Havana's bustling nightlife went dark and silent as Cuba embarked on the post-Fidel Castro era.

A backcountry skier in Colorado had some pretty good luck this week after triggering an avalanche that swept him over a 25-foot cliff and buried him under four feet of snow.

President Barack Obama surprised an emotional Vice President Joe Biden Thursday by presenting him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during a White House ceremony.

A dog who was captured on video while chained to the top of a trailer traveling along a Florida interstate is OK.

Bo Jackson knows football, but he didn't know that much about the risk of head injuries that can come with playing the game, he said in a recent interview with USA Today.

Kellyanne Conway, who will be a senior adviser in Donald Trump's White House, had a heated discussion with CNN's Anderson Cooper this week over the veracity of a story produced by the network. During the discussion, Conway disputed the accuracy of CNN's report that the heads of four intelligence agencies presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him.