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What will kill you might depend on where you live. A new study shows surprising trends and differences in county-by-county mortality rates across the United States.

It sounds like something from a sci-fi movie -- a plane carries a rocket high in the sky, releases it, and the rocket fires into space, later deploying mini satellites that will eventually help improve hurricane forecasts.

He was an old man who spent his days alone in the mountains of southern Oregon looking for a bee. He hadn't seen the bee -- no one had seen this particular bee species -- in 10 years when he asked me to join him.

Higher rates are coming back to America.

Today's teens are less likely to be taking drugs than their predecessors, a survey says.

President Obama stopped by "The Daily Show" to talk about the importance of a president receiving intelligence briefings.

A global translation firm based in London is hiring what it says will be the world's first official "emoji translator."

Aaron David Miller: In the post-World War Two period, we've never had a Secretary of State whose entire career has been spent in the private sector without any prior government or public service.

Alcohol has been linked to several different cancers, some more strongly than others. Now a study adds a new type of cancer to the list, and it's an unexpected one: Brown University researchers say that drinking, even in moderate amounts, is associated with higher rates of melanoma -- the deadliest form of skin cancer.

President-elect Donald Trump will select ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to serve as secretary of state, multiple sources told CNN Monday night, setting up a heated Senate confirmation battle and signaling a desire to ease Washington's estrangement with Russia.

The Syrian regime's near capture of eastern Aleppo changes the face of the country's horrendous civil war; the fortunes of the many rebel groups arrayed against it have rarely seemed so bleak. But few observers expect them to sue for peace or lay down their arms.

Activists are protesting in front of the Lebanese Parliament for the repeal of a law which says that men who marry their rape victims cannot be prosecuted.

Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta on Monday backed Electoral College electors who are asking to receive an intelligence briefing on foreign interventions into the 2016 election ahead of their December 19 vote.

For many, Aleppo evokes images of blood-soaked children, decimated buildings and dust-covered rescue workers.

The largest solar plant in the Southern Hemisphere is at the heart of a green revolution in South Africa.

China has warned that it's "seriously concerned" after President-elect Donald Trump questioned whether the United States should keep its long-standing position that Taiwan is part of "one China."

When Donald Trump accepted a phone call from Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, many Taiwanese were delighted at having a spotlight turned on their diplomatic isolation.

"Passengers" stars Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt roasted each other during a segment on BBC Radio 1.

Donald Trump says his businesses won't do any new deals while he's in office, his latest vague pledge that leaves more questions than answers about how his sprawling real estate empire will operate under his presidency.