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Nevin McCown knows he works a job most guys would envy, so as head brewer at Empirical Brewing, he never minded staying late to close up shop -- with one exception.

Take a look at 31 photos of the week from July 8 through July 14.

Those who haven't seen or heard from family and friends in the area are desperately posting photos and descriptions in the hopes of crowdsourcing any information about them.

Big American banks that bankrolled the U.S. oil boom are breathing a sigh of relief these days.

Kayla Visser has charted out her summer plans with two seemingly disparate pursuits: farming and technology.

Experts weigh in on whether pornography should be labeled as a "public health crisis."

All that separated Officer John Abbott from the deadliest attack on police since September 11, 2001, was a set of glass doors.

Bastille Day celebrations turned to tragedy in Nice, France, after a truck plowed through a crowd walking on the waterfront.

Poisoning from synthetic marijuana is on the rise and, in some cases deadly, new research found.

Chaos broke out in Nice, France, after a truck plowed through throngs of tourists and locals celebrating Bastille Day on Thursday evening.

Life could exist in isolated pockets beneath the surface of Mars, according to Alfred McEwen, principal investigator of NASA's HiRISE high-resolution camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. While they would most likely be primitive microorganisms such as bacteria, it would still be proof of life outside of our own planet.

Darryl Warren had what many consider a dream job: he sold BMWs.

Activist and professor Cornel West endorsed Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein on Thursday, calling her the "only progressive woman in the race" in a jab at Hillary Clinton.

At CNN's Black, White and Blue town hall, police officers, politicians, activists, lawyers and mothers addressed their grievances with race and law enforcement in the U.S.

The 2,190-mile long Appalachian Trail is daunting even to those who have no trouble walking, and few who set out manage to travel the entire trail.

First, it was a magazine office and a kosher food market.

The planned speakers at the Republican National Convention include Heisman-winning quarterback Tim Tebow, Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Peter Thiel, the billionaire Silicon Valley entrepreneur.

It's no secret: Hong Kong is photogenic.

One witness, an American who was about 15 feet from the truck, said the driver pointed his tractor trailer into the crowd, mowing bodies over.

Philando Castile's mother says she wants his funeral to be a chance for people to come together.