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Vice President Joe Biden reaffirmed the Obama administration's "ironclad" commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization during a visit to Latvia Tuesday, dismissing Donald Trump's disparaging statements about the alliance.

As several politicians across Europe try to outlaw outfits worn by some Muslim women, one businessman is fighting back with his checkbook.

A minor league baseball player in St. Louis, Missouri, was surprised to find out he smashed his own car's windshield when he hit a grand slam during a game.

A minor league baseball player in St. Louis, Missouri, was surprised to find out he smashed his own car's windshield when he hit a grand slam during a game.

For Trump, his brief period as an activist investor of sorts was a lucrative turn in his career but also a controversial one.

Another former Secretary of State -- Condoleezza Rice -- has been drawn into the fray over who advised Hillary Clinton to use a private email server while she was America's top diplomat.

As Louisiana tries to dry out and start rebuilding after last week's catastrophic flooding, Bill Nye has an ominous message: It's going to happen again.

A 16-year-old Florida teen has survived a rare brain-eating amoeba, according to Florida Hospital for Children.

The six-meter wide bridge stretches 430 meters over a 300-meter-deep valley between two cliffs. Visitors reportedly lined up for hours to cross.

Looking down at a vivid lake and miles of deep-green forests from atop a glacier, John McGraw realized he had achieved his dream.

China just added a bunch of new claims to its planet-beating achievements -- this time its the world's sweatiest palms, the trembliest knees and the most-flipped stomachs.

Jennifer Lawrence is, once again, the highest paid actress in the world, according to an annual list from Forbes.

We're kind of buzzed, and it's all because Montell Jordan popped up on "The Late Late Show."

Whether playing a wind instrument is your hobby or your job, you may want to watch out for "bagpipe lung."

The wedding planner for Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and singer Ciara said the couple moved their wedding out of North Carolina because of the state's transgender bathroom law.

A single light illuminates a gloomy housing block in Portugal, casting a haunting glow over its abandoned shell. Is there life inside this monolith after all?

Canada's indigenous population is very small -- just 4% of the population -- yet more than 50% of all sex trafficking victims in Canada are indigenous. The reasons are complicated and varied but are ultimately rooted in a legacy of poverty, racism and abuse.

On June 6, 1944, arguably the most momentous day of the 20th century, President Franklin D. Roosevelt refused to forget America's national parks.

Our culture has become rather exquisitely attuned to spotting when people use the N-word and drawing conclusions about their character when they do so. But variety is the spice of life, and now it's time to be angry that Amy Robach on "Good Morning America" referred to black people as "colored people." We are to speculate over whether that means the letter R is more than just the first one in Robach's last name, but also signifies that she, like Ellen Degeneres was adjudged by some last week, is a (shhh!).

Medical marijuana has been legal in Maine for almost 20 years. But Farmington physician Jean Antonucci says she continues to feel unprepared when counseling sick patients about whether the drug could benefit them.