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Thousands of people are expected to descend on the Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to celebrate not believing in God. Organizers say it is a chance for atheists to show their power in numbers and change their image.

In the aftermath of the deadly attacks on French soldiers and a Jewish school, and the police showdown with the suspected gunman in Toulouse, France is agonizing over how a young man could turn on his fellow citizens so ruthlessly.

Public transit, schools and hospitals shut down across Portugal Thursday as hundreds of thousands of Portuguese walked off the job to protest austerity measures designed to ward off another EU/IMF bailout.

Even before Trayvon Martin's shooting, Florida's "stand your ground" law was controversial. Prosecutors in the state fought the law's passage. Since the law's introduction, cases ruled justifiable homicides have tripled. The Martin shooting is leading to calls to re-examine the law in Florida.

Profiles of the teenager killed in a case that has reignited a national debate about race and the man who pulled the trigger reveal a great deal about them both.

After hours of closed-door meetings, the Kentucky Senate approved budgets for the three branches of state government Thursday night. The House previously…

Jim Yong Kim is a physician by training and has been a prominent figure on global health issues. He is a former director of the World Health Organization's Department of HIV/AIDS.

A 1.5 magnitude temblor was detected earlier this week, officials now say. They think a series of such little shakers is why the citizens of Clintonville have been hearing things.

House Speaker Greg Stumbo says his chamber's priorities for the next two-year budget are not that different from the Senate's. Both chambers have passed…

The filmmakers behind Forgetting Sarah Marshall have teamed up to create a new Muppet movie. "We set out to make a Muppet movie that harkened back to the late-'70s [and] early-'80s Muppets that we grew up with," says Jason Segel.