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Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving construction giant Odebrecht that became synonymous with corruption in Latin America.

Abinta Kabir was a sophomore from Miami and Faraaz Hossain was in business school and from Dhaka, Bangladesh. A vigil in their memory was held Thursday in Atlanta.

Luke Durant, a researcher and amateur mathematician, has identified the largest new prime number known to humankind. The newly discovered prime number is 2 to the power of 136,279,841, then minus one.

Ron Teasley, one of the last remaining veterans of the Negro Leagues, has died. A native of Detroit, Teasley sparkled on the baseball diamond. He was 99.

Watch some of the year's greatest Tiny Desk performances, featuring a small sample of the talented artists who delivered intimate sets from their homes around the world.

People all over the world celebrate Hanukkah by lighting candles on the menorah and feasting on fried foods.

Monday's WNBA Draft is the latest jewel in the crown of Bueckers, the 6-foot guard who barely a week ago led her UConn Huskies to their first national championship in a decade.

Retired Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky was suspended from his contracting role with the Army and is under investigation after replying to a tweet from first lady Jill Biden on abortion rights.

On Midwest Week, a long investigation by NPR and the Marshall Project details abuse of inmates, and seven deaths, at the federal prison in Thomson, Illinois.

It's like sliding off the top of a 15-story building on nothing more than an air mattress. The giant Verrückt water slide stands at 168 feet tall.