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What if we just pulled names out of a hat to find out who gets into America’s top colleges? K-12 lottery systems might give us an idea about what would happen.

The law runs afoul of Supreme Court precedent banning abortion restrictions based on how many weeks pregnant the mother is, the judge wrote.

As baseball tries to appeal to a younger audience, there’s concern the long game times may drive away that demographic. So MLB is experimenting with speeding games up and eliminating downtime.

Unlike many private health plans, Medicare has no cap on out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs in Part D. As the cost of specialty drugs rises, some Medicare patients owe thousands of dollars.

Election officials have been planning and preparing for 2020 based on what they know happened leading up to 2016. The question now is what more they may learn from the special counsel.

Authorities in Ethiopia are preparing to release preliminary findings on the cause of the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 jet that killed all 157 people on board.

An independent investigation finds that police failed to follow up on allegations made against the now-disgraced sports doctor in 2004.

Vanessa Rodel and her daughter, Keana, arrived in Montreal on Tuesday after years of living in legal limbo. They and other refugees helped NSA leaker Edward Snowden after he fled the U.S.

A Spanish judge said the alleged attackers offered stolen hard drives and other materials to the FBI.

The court once again appeared divided on whether redistricting could be done on the basis of politics. The newest justice seemed to be at least open to considering it as a problem.

The maker of OxyContin will pay to settle a historic opioid lawsuit brought by the attorney general of Oklahoma. Will other drugmakers named in the lawsuit follow?

The vote means the administration can continue to spend billions of dollars to construct a Southwest border wall. The fight shifts to federal court, where several states sued to block the president.

After the special counsel apparently found no conspiracy by the Trump campaign to attack the 2016 election with Russia, Democrats in Congress want to focus on health care with help from the president.

A letter from the Department of Justice announced the shift, in support of a district court judge’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional. The case is likely to end up in the Supreme Court.

The town of Chimanimani is said to be the hardest hit in Zimbabwe. Survivors are searching for the bodies of their lost loved ones.

The Empire actor was accused of filing a false report of a hate crime. Now, the decision to drop the charges has exposed a stark fault line between Chicago authorities and state and county officials.

Multiple interceptors tracked and destroyed a missile carrying a dummy warhead. Advocates claim the test proves the system can provide some defense against countries such as North Korea.

As they debate whether he’s fulfilled promises to restore manufacturing jobs, some union members who were Trump backers from 2016 are reassessing whether they’ll support him again in 2020.

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a previously scheduled hearing Tuesday on so-called red flag laws, which allow for the temporary removal of guns from individuals if they are deemed a risk.

Recent studies suggest we’re not witnessing the dawn of a new gig economy. What accounts for the resilience of traditional employment?

The money nearly doubles the $1.3 billion Congress authorized for border wall funding — a move made possible after President Trump declared a national emergency.

Two female astronauts were set to become the first women to spacewalk together around the International Space Station this week. But they both wear medium spacesuits, and only one was space-ready.

Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of the secretive National Security Agency and Cyber Command, is promising more aggressive cybermeasures against rivals. And he’s talking about it — at least a little.

After a sports injury, Esteban Serrano owed $829.41 for a knee brace purchased with insurance through his doctor’s office. The same kind of brace costs less than $250 online.

President Trump and his allies in Congress are seeking a new wave of investigations that will target their opponents after embracing findings from the Justice Department they said vindicated Trump.

The Border Patrol is bringing in more agents and asking the Pentagon for help as thousands of migrants continue to cross the U.S.-Mexico border each day.

The case drew national attention when a local sheriff released from a city jail an unauthorized immigrant without notifying federal officials. The immigrant later killed Kate Steinle.

Evaldas Rimasauskas admitted to his role in helping to orchestrate a two-year-long scam that tricked employees into wiring more than $100 million to his own company’s bank accounts.

The U.S. has hit Venezuela’s oil sector and government associates with sanctions and has rallied behind opposition leader Juan Guaidó, yet President Nicolás Maduro persists.

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association, in a joint statement, endorsed taxes on sugary drinks, restrictions on marketing to kids and incentives for healthier purchases.

“There are community and tribe members getting on horseback to reach people and get them supplies,” a state lawmaker told NPR. Residents said the reservation was already strapped for resources.

Two students who attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., have taken their own lives in recent days. The school was the site of a 2018 mass shooting that killed 17 students.

Jeremy Richman spoke openly and often about the depth of his grief over the death of his 6-year-old daughter, Arielle. He said he wanted people to “hear the reality of it.”