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Oregon lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a measure that will increase the state's minimum wage over the next six years. The vote in the Oregon...

The Everglades lost half its ecosystem after Tamiami Trail was built through the heart of the national park in the 1920s, cutting off water flow. Now, restoration efforts are finally taking effect.

Justice Antonin Scalia's body lies in repose on Friday at the Supreme Court where dignitaries — including the president — and the general public will pay their respects.

The founder of WikiLeaks talks about what it's like to be confined to a building for more than three years. He says he misses nothing from the outside world, apart from his children and his mother.

Despite an uptick this week, the value of China's currency has been sliding since August. What does all this mean for China's slowing growth and the global economy?

For Iranian tourists at this ancient Persian capital, awe for the past is tempered by disappointment about the present. "We have nothing new that makes us special in the world," says one visitor.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich is running as a relative moderate in the Republican presidential field. During his five years in office, his record suggests a more complicated governing style.

Intelligence analysts are now trying to confirm whether their main target, Noureddine Chouchane, is among the dead. The senior operative is blamed for deadly terrorist attacks in Tunisia.

Seventy years ago, Renato Bialetti took the little 8-sided espresso pot his father invented and turned it into a worldwide hit. The Moka pot bears his image, a small Italian man with a big mustache.

American defense officials said Friday that U.S. planes hit an Islamic State training camp and a senior extremist leader in Libya overnight. As many as 60 people were killed.