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A member of Egypt's parliament has sparked an outcry after reportedly calling for women to be submitted to virginity tests before being allowed to go to university.

The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his efforts to end Colombia's long-running civil war with the FARC guerrilla group.

There have been many criticisms of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. But this one came from an unexpected direction.

Pope Francis has had a number of memorable moments since assuming the papacy in 2013. Here are some of his best.

President Obama can now take credit for creating 15 million jobs.

Russia, of late, has been demonstrating not only increased confidence in its own abilities and capabilities, but also a sense of urgency in being as well prepared as possible for open conflict.

Is it possible that Ronald Reagan might not have been president? Historian Timothy Naftali explores what might have happened if Nixon hadn't resigned.

Might the Civil Rights movement emerged decades sooner? Lincoln historian Harold Holzer offers his thoughts on what might have happened if Abraham Lincoln had lived.

In bellwether Missouri, there's one thing voters can agree on this sharply divided election cycle: misery.

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Rosie O'Donnell and Ivanka Trump "ran into each other," an aide with Trump's campaign confirmed to CNN on Thursday, but provided no other details after the former talk show host tweeted Wednesday that the two women met.

Another 102 prison inmates learned Thursday their sentences are being reduced by a stroke of President Barack Obama's pen, the latest batch in a record-setting effort by the White House to reverse harsh sentences for mostly nonviolent drug offenders.

Former President Bill Clinton's description of Obamacare as a "crazy system" is headed to mail boxes in a dozen key states in a piece of political literature paid for by the Republican National Committee.

In what has been called a "shameless but clever act of self-promotion," a historian revealed that an Adolf Hitler biography -- originally thought to have been penned by a German aristocrat -- was in fact written by Hitler himself.

He's one of the most recognizable people in Hollywood, turning heads at every boulevard.

With Hurricane Matthew, there is no messing around. The warnings are clear -- evacuate if you are in an area where the powerful storm is heading.

A group of Muslim-Americans has a very direct message for a terrorist group: "Hey ISIS, You Suck!!!"

WKMG reporter Sachelle Saunders reports on high winds and rains in Daytona Beach, Florida as Hurricane Matthew approaches.

Even for a region accustomed to hurricanes, this storm has spawned a new level of fear.