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The court ruled Monday in a case asking whether family-owned businesses that offer employees health insurance must include contraception in their plans if they object to some forms of it.

Growing up, Ivor David Balding said that he would one day own an elephant. A lifetime later, the longtime circus showman leaves behind his best, and biggest, friend: an African elephant named Flora.

Separatists in the eastern Ukraine regions of Donetsk and Luhansk asked voters to take part in an unauthorized referendum Sunday on whether to make their region independent.

Facing a tight re-election battle, Gov. Paul LePage is moving ahead with a plan to require photos on EBT cards, even though the state's Legislature blocked his sweeping proposals earlier this year.

Robert Siegel interviews orthopedist Michael S. George, co-author of a study about the ethics in sports medicine and also a former team doctor.

There's virtually no Brazilian fare inside the World Cup stadiums, but outside you'll find proud vendors of traditional foods. They fought FIFA to be there, and surprisingly, they won.

The Massachusetts senator has already carried out sensitive diplomatic efforts on behalf of President Obama, with a strong focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan in recent years.

Audie Cornish talks to Carrie Johnson about the identity of the gunman in the Newton, Conn., school shooting.

Renee Montagne speaks with Hugh Bronstein, a Thomson Reuters correspondent in Buenos Aires, about what the election of Pope Francis means to Argentines.

Catholics in Philadelphia react on Wednesday to selection of the new pope.