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A Palestinian man struggles to get approval to leave the Gaza Strip and go to a hospital for heart surgery as his health deteriorates.

Senate's top Republican says the Supreme Court's role is to protect basic rights, even when majorities are in favor of something else. "That happens all the time."

The countdown continues toward Wednesday's planned launch of the space shuttle Discovery on the first mission following the 2003 Columbia disaster. Since then, NASA has been working to implement more than a dozen critical repairs and new procedures.

Rocco Palmo, a 23-year-old Philadelphian, has made a name for himself with his insider's blog on the Catholic Church. It has become a must-read for many Catholics -- even some inside the Vatican.

The U.S. has a long tradition of favoring old people over kids. A new paper investigates why.

President Biden has been spending a lot of time courting senators — from both sides of the aisle — ahead of making his decision on who to nominate for a vacant seat on the Supreme Court.

The legendary experimental filmmaker's work is the subject of a career-spanning retrospective at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston. VanDerBeek merged collage-style filmmaking with new technology throughout his career.

Former New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet testified Tuesday he was to blame for an incorrect passage about former Gov. Sarah Palin in a 2017 editorial on heated political rhetoric.

The violin takes center stage in an exhibit at the Library of Congress. The instrument's popularity has cut across economic, racial and regional lines and helped drive new forms of American music, from blues and jazz to bluegrass and swing.

A fence is often thought of as something that provides protection. But even amid recent attacks on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, not all Israelis support more fencing.