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The measure is backed by the state’s three most-powerful Republican leaders but was decried as unnecessary and divisive by Democrats and other critics --- many of them young or Black --- who unsuccessfully urged the House Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee to reject the proposal.

Six days from parliamentary elections, Greece is weighing whether to continue its EU-imposed — and unpopular — austerity program. Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou discusses the issue.

A federal judge on Friday allowed a series of challenges to a new state elections law to move forward, setting the stage for a showdown over Republican legislators’ efforts to make it more difficult for Floridians to vote by mail and for organizations to conduct voter-registration drives.

The Facebook-owned app is making new accounts for kids under 16 private by default, amid growing pressure over child safety and privacy.

That's the finding in a new study from Global Health 50/50. They report that some progress has been made. But the statistics are, as one woman global health leader puts it, "shocking."

Hookworm, a chronic infection that causes anemia and malnutrition, was once a problem in the U.S. Now, it's a disease of the world's poorest. A small band of scientists are working on a vaccine, with the help of a community in Brazil.

Ukrainian feminists say their country came a long way, legally and culturally, in the past decade. Now advocates are trying to address sexual assault, economic hardship and other effects of the war.

For more than two decades, 82-year-old "Black George" Simmons has worked as a volunteer with the National Park Service, primarily at Canyonlands in southern Utah. Producer James Nelson profiles Simmons, one of the original "crusty old characters" known as an artful storyteller, adventurer and expert river man.

High-speed rail traffic to Paris was disrupted by what officials described as “criminal actions” and sabotage.

In nearly two dozen interviews, Houstonians expressed everything from admiration and relief to skepticism and dread following the seizure of leader Nicolás Maduro.