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Former Newark Mayor Cory Booker, 44, was sworn in Thursday, becoming the second African-American in the U.S. Senate and only the fourth ever elected to the upper chamber. He also brings youth to the Senate, where the average age is 62.

A German law takes effect today establishing a third gender option for parents filling out birth certificates for newborns. They can now choose "intermediate" if the child shows both male and female characteristics. The law would postpone the choice until the child is old enough to decide.

U.S. and Taliban officials have told various news agencies that Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in the tribal North Waziristan region of Pakistan.

Dallas Buyers Club tells the true story of Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey), a Texas man whose '80s AIDS diagnosis drives him to fight for access to the drugs he believes can save him. Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto also star. (Recommended)

By day, he's in charge of a small mosque in a village in southeastern Turkey. By night, Ahmet Tuzer becomes the lead singer in the band FiRock, which mixes Sufi mysticism and psychedelic rock.

Already at war for more almost three years, Syria is facing another scourge. At least a dozen cases of polio have been confirmed so far, and experts fear the childhood disease could quickly engulf the entire country and spread beyond its borders.

The Boston Red Sox won the World Series, but how did they come back from a terrible season in 2012? And which players and teams should you pay attention to in the NBA, beyond LeBron James and the Miami Heat? Howard Bryant of ESPN talks with host Scott Simon about the week in sports.

Like a tap dancer of the hands, Darren Drouin slaps, clicks, claps and snaps his way to YouTube stardom. He even includes a tutorial on "freestyle finger snapping" so you can snap your own tune.

A day after a shooting grounded hundreds of flights and more than 99,000 passengers, the airport was back to normal. Meanwhile, portraits of the alleged shooter and the slain TSA agent are emerging.

The satirist has managed to anger two governments in Egypt. Both the Islamists and the military have taken offense to his routines.