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We asked political scientists a simple question: Which presidential election in American history most resembles the coming contest between President Obama and Mitt Romney? The answers include a recent contest — but also the race that became the biggest electoral landslide in history.

New York Times writer Charlie Savage discusses the scope of executive power as President Trump circumvents Congress, pushes legal boundaries and fires scores of federal workers, including at the FBI.

President Trump has signed off on raising the age of sale from 18 to 21 for cigarettes and e-cigarettes. Health advocates worry it guards the industry from further sweeping regulations.

Before penicillin was found to be effective against syphilis during World War II, sex brought with it the risk of syphilis, an disease that can cause blindness, dementia and paralysis. An economist argues that treatment was a key factor in the sexual revolution.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with director Kamilah Forbes about her new HBO special, Between the World and Me, which is a visual interpretation of Ta-Nehisi Coates' best-selling book.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says the age that routine screening begins for colorectal cancer should drop from 50 to 45. Colorectal is the third-leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S.

Millions of people on the East Coast got shaken up Friday morning — a magnitude 4.8 earthquake made the region tremble. The epicenter was in Lebanon, N.J.

An Arizona judge and the family of a teenager who fatally shot two men in 2008, including his father, heaped praise on him Wednesday for the progress he's…

Tex Earnhardt, a colorful Arizona automobile dealer who got his first franchise at age 20 and eventually had 23 dealerships in metro Phoenix and the Las…

Flags will be lowered across the Navajo Nation in honor of another Navajo Code Talker who has died.Tribal officials announced Wednesday that Alfred James…