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Authorities say at least four people are dead after the ferry, carrying 251 passengers in the country's northeast, took on water and overturned in heavy seas.

After nearly 40 years of heated debate, Congress voted on Wednesday to open the Alaska refuge to oil drilling. Now, it's a wait to see who will actually drill and when.

The opioid epidemic caused U.S. life expectancy to fall for the second year in a row, marking the first time that has happened since the early 1960s. Death rates also continued to rise.

Myanmar is drawing ire from the international community for detaining two Reuters journalists for allegedly violating a colonial-era law called the Official Secrets Act.

A one vote margin of victory has been undone by a panel of judges. That puts the race at a tie. David Greene talks to Jordan Pascale of the Virginian Pilot about what happens next.

While the number of journalists murdered worldwide in retaliation for their work appears to have dropped slightly from last year, killings of Mexican journalists continue to rise, reports show.

During the traffic stop, deputies noticed a strong smell of raw marijuana. The York County Sheriff's Department estimated the street value of the pot at more than $300,000.

A giant whale eye spent decades on a strange journey before it finally arrived at an animal eyeball lab and gave the folks there the "best Christmas ever."

The health clinic is operating, often by flashlight, out of tents. The island's bleak recovery epitomizes the unevenness of the disaster relief effort in the hurricane-devastated U.S. territory.

Smith, who died Saturday, was discovered by bandleader Louis Prima as a teenager. She later married Prima, and the two became a popular Las Vegas lounge act. Originally broadcast in 2000.