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"Irresponsible," "senseless," "deplorable," "destabilizing," "totally unacceptable": Nations from the U.S. to Russia have denounced the launch, which violates U.N. Security Council resolutions.

Ghana is a land of many sayings, often starring an animal. Only the meaning is not always clear. We turned to our correspondent on the ground for answers.

A medical mystery that started in Brazil. Nairobi's bustling food scene. Women and guns. And the man behind a new literary movement.

As a slave-owning state, abolitionism was not a strong movement in Arkansas. As William Woodruff, editor of the Arkansas Gazette, put it, “an individual…

The California Air Resources Board was recording with an infrared camera as the methane leak on the outskirts of LA was finally controlled Thursday. The leak still needs to be permanently capped.

Embedding musicians in a low-income elementary school has brought gains in math and reading. But is this a boutique approach, or could it be scaled?

The al-Qaida-linked militant group says it was responsible for the Feb. 2 bombing of a jet. The bomber was the only casualty of the attack; despite a hole in its fuselage, the plane landed safely.

Serving as a U.N. peacekeeper can be a lucrative profession for young Africans. But Burundians seeking such work must pledge loyalty to their government, which is implicated in human rights abuses.

Former Maryland state representative Jolene Ivey, professor and author Roxane Gay and the Huffington Post's Emily Peck discuss controversial comments by Madeleine Albright and Gloria Steinem.

In a film industry often dominated by men, there's at least one exception: Many editors are women. Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey speak about their work on the new Star Wars.