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When Barbara Thorpe died in 2002, she left almost all of her money — $200,000 — to benefit the cats of her hometown, Dixfield, Maine. But that decision turned into a huge legal battle.

Several kids have gotten not one but two opportunities to see total solar eclipses while growing up. We asked some of them what they remember of the last one, and how it changed them.

Barry Manilow has just overtaken The King himself, Elvis Presley, for the most shows at Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino.

International Court of Justice orders Israel to allow more aid into Gaza. California's minimum wage for fast-food workers increases to $20 an hour. Teams advance in in NCAA basketball championship.

It's a big win for cooks, cashiers and other fast-food employees, among the least paid in the workforce. Restaurant owners and franchisees warn of higher prices and cuts to workers' hours.

The 'Lunch Lady' and "Hey, Kiddo' author-illustrator's new graphic memoir takes us back to one week when he was a teen volunteering at a camp for children with cancer — and how it changed his life.

Roman Catholic leaders are gathering at the Vatican for a synod, or meeting, to address issues facing the church. Among the topics will be whether to allow women to become deacons in the church.

When Barbie brought close to $1.3 billion at the worldwide box office, it became one of the only female-dominated movies among the top-grossing films of all time.

"A lot of things started going wrong from the very beginning," historian Hampton Sides says of Cook's last voyage, which ended in the British explorer's violent death on the island of Hawaii in 1779.

As part of our week of coverage focused on climate solutions, we pulled together some of the moments of success and progress, small and large.

An explosion at a house in western Pennsylvania destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others Saturday morning, authorities said.