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The Obama administration is hosting defense and foreign ministers and representatives from over 40 countries Wednesday in an effort to get more help fighting ISIS.

More than 9,000 military officers are in detention already and the number keeps climbing.

Take two. The second night of the Republican National Convention was a chance to get past the messiness of Day 1, which began with a floor fight over rules and ended with allegations of plagiarism by Melania Trump. Tuesday's theme was "Make America Work Again," and the Republican National Committee and Trump's campaign were tasked with showing how Trump will get America working again, and to present a unified party showcase.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry kept his composure -- just -- as he endured an awkward joint press conference with his new British counterpart, Boris Johnson.

New British Prime Minister Theresa May will make her first international trip as leader Wednesday when she heads to Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

A new 21st century map of the human brain contains 180 distinct areas in each hemisphere, including 97 previously undiscovered territories, research published Wednesday in the journal Nature revealed. It's not quite Google Maps, but the new optic still provides the most detailed understanding of the cerebral cortex to date, based on the freshest data from the latest technologies.

Lady Gaga, Lenny Kravitz and DJ Jazzy Jeff are set to headline a concert at the BB&T Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey, next Thursday for Democratic convention delegates and invited guests, hours before Hillary Clinton is set to be formally nominated.

Maybe it happened after Orlando or San Bernardino or Dallas, or when attacks in France, Brussels, Iraq and other corners of the world came in such quick succession there was no time for one trauma to disperse among the Facebook mourners before the next took over. Maybe it was way earlier, after Sandy Hook or Charleston.

A Trump organization staffer has offered her resignation for her role in Melania Trump's convention speech and the plagiarism allegations that followed.

A billion users isn't cool. You know what's cool? Having four different products with a billion users each.

Backcountry skiers Austin Porzak and Dan Sohner are tackling the 50 highest peaks in Rocky Mountain National Park. Some have never been skied before.

A Chinese aquarium that PETA once called "the saddest zoo in the world" has agreed to redesign its facilities after the animal rights group Animals Asia started a petition on their website www.animalsasia.org

Over a dozen good Samaritans pulled over their cars to rescue a driver from an overturned vehicle that flipped three times.

The USS Thach got pummeled during a joint military exercise off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands.

George Matus Jr. may be 18 years old but don't call him a novice when it comes to all things drone.

A long civil war and the rise of ISIS have limited Libya's oil production to just a fraction of what it was in 2010, before the uprising that ousted and ultimately killed the country's longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi

Venezuelans cried at the site of fully-stocked supermarket shelves in Colombia.

Roger Ailes remains in charge at Fox News. But not for much longer.

Former presidential candidate Ben Carson said Wednesday that he linked Hillary Clinton to a prominent community organizer, Saul Alinsky, who once offered measured praise of Lucifer in a book, to provide "perspective" on what type of president the Democrat would be.

Conrad and Paola Leslie were on their way to Nice, France, when they found out that their son Nicholas had died in last week's terror attack.