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We're kind of buzzed, and it's all because Montell Jordan popped up on "The Late Late Show."

Whether playing a wind instrument is your hobby or your job, you may want to watch out for "bagpipe lung."

The wedding planner for Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and singer Ciara said the couple moved their wedding out of North Carolina because of the state's transgender bathroom law.

A single light illuminates a gloomy housing block in Portugal, casting a haunting glow over its abandoned shell. Is there life inside this monolith after all?

Canada's indigenous population is very small -- just 4% of the population -- yet more than 50% of all sex trafficking victims in Canada are indigenous. The reasons are complicated and varied but are ultimately rooted in a legacy of poverty, racism and abuse.

On June 6, 1944, arguably the most momentous day of the 20th century, President Franklin D. Roosevelt refused to forget America's national parks.

Our culture has become rather exquisitely attuned to spotting when people use the N-word and drawing conclusions about their character when they do so. But variety is the spice of life, and now it's time to be angry that Amy Robach on "Good Morning America" referred to black people as "colored people." We are to speculate over whether that means the letter R is more than just the first one in Robach's last name, but also signifies that she, like Ellen Degeneres was adjudged by some last week, is a (shhh!).

Medical marijuana has been legal in Maine for almost 20 years. But Farmington physician Jean Antonucci says she continues to feel unprepared when counseling sick patients about whether the drug could benefit them.

Students in a second-grade class in Texas are catching a break on homework. They won't get any -- all year long.

Britney Spears has never forgotten her Louisiana roots.

Many consumers may find they have few choices when shopping on the Obamacare exchanges for 2017.

On the first day of January 2013, as people around the world celebrated the New Year, a huge fire tore through one of South Africa's largest slums.

Marvin Phillips, his wife and five of his children piled into their motor home for a family vacation last week. In their absence, their house and truck were painted with racial slurs.

Asnath Mahapa was fascinated by planes as a teenager, little did she know she would break boundaries with them by becoming South Africa's first African female pilot.

The 2-year-old Nebraska boy killed by an alligator at a Walt Disney World hotel in June died after a series of events that would have been difficult to prevent, according to a report that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission released Monday.

Stanford's undergraduate students will no longer be allowed to drink hard alcohol at on-campus parties, the university announced Monday.

Take a look at 51 amazing Olympic photos from August 15 through August 21.

A photo of an Indian minister -- decked out in crisp white slacks while being carried through flood waters -- has sparked intense ridicule on social media.

The wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made a surprise visit to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, where Japanese planes launched an attack on a US naval base in 1941.