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The USS Houston was sunk by the Japanese in 1942, killing about 700 sailors and Marines. U.S. and Indonesian divers have confirmed that a vessel in the Java Sea is the wreck of the Houston.

Simin Behbahani, renowned for her piercing and fierce language, published 19 books of poetry over the course of six decades.

Is it a bird ... a moth. .. two creatures in one?

There are two camps in Monrovia. The hand washers. And the skeptics who don't believe in Ebola — or in the public health message that scrubbing hands is an effective way of keeping the virus at bay.

Cuba's parliament isn't big on dissent. But Mariela Castro, daughter of the country's president — and niece of Fidel Castro — is making waves for rejecting a workers' rights bill.

People trying to find a parking place in Syracuse can go high tech and use a new mobile phone app. The service called Whoosh will also let you pay for…

A bill is moving through the state legislature that would quadruple the amount of tax incentives available to TV and movie makers.

Cardiff Garcia of the Financial Times discusses the forces driving the housing ups and downs.

In his new memoir, Doctored, Sandeep Jauhar describes a growing discontent among doctors and how it's affecting patients. He says rushed doctors are often practicing "defensive medicine."

A recent study by the Pew Research Center finds that there are stark racial divisions in reactions to the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.