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Studies show that refugee kids in this country experience higher levels of anxiety, depression and post traumatic stress compared to kids born here. Now, a new effort in Maine is trying to prevent such long term impacts in refugee children – by supporting their families.

Gwen and Tim Walz met while teaching high school in the '90s, and she's now a vocal advocate for expanding educational opportunities in prisons. Here's what else to know about Minnesota's first lady.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born August 27, 1770.

A new Human Rights Watch report documents how Louisiana's Cancer Alley residents suffer the effects of extreme pollution from the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry.

At least four wildfires on Colorado's populous Front Range have caused thousands of people to evacuate and one death. None of the fires are under control and conditions are ripe for more to start.

The brutal heat wave that punished the Bay Area over the weekend is expected to gradually start easing off today, according to forecasts by the National Weather Service.

Art Cashin was known as of the Dean of the New York Stock Exchange. He died this week at 83 years old.

How do you tie together the stories of ancient Egypt, Robin Hood, Freddy Kreuger, and Hamlet – on a single stage?

Lawmakers aligned with Venezuela's autocratic leader Nicolas Maduro say they will pass a bill regulating social media companies. Opponents say it is a move to repress dissent.

We look at President Biden's legacy as his time in office draws to a close.

John Robinson, the veteran football coach who enjoyed many years of success at the University of Southern California and with the Los Angeles Rams, has died. He was 89.

Amazon drivers and warehouse workers at multiple locations across the U.S. have been joining picket lines, pressing the retail giant to recognize their unions during the holiday shopping rush.