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No means no. The University of Illinois Board of Trustees said yesterday their decision against appointing Steven Salaita will not be…

A blood test could help smokers when choosing a strategy for quitting.That’s according to research in the Lancet journal.How quickly a person breaks down…

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether states can ban same-sex marriage.

A follow-up on a story we covered Thursday about Raif Badawi, the Saudi blogger and democracy proponent who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes for "insulting Islam." His second public lashing, scheduled for Friday, was postponed. Melissa Block speaks with Badawi's spokesperson, Elham Manea.

Dave Syverson has once again been chosen to serve as Assistant Republican Leader in the Illinois Senate. According to a news release, Syverson is…

French Jews, many with roots in North Africa, have immigrated to Israel since the country's founding. Unlike previous generations, the latest wave of arrivals is retaining more of its French identity.

With refugees streaming in, Germany is running short of places for them. One city has proposed housing refugees in a barracks on the grounds of the notorious Buchenwald camp.

As demonstrations against the satirical magazine are staged in many parts of the Muslim world, the French president defends what he says is his country's principle of freedom of expression.

The Channel Tunnel that connects England and France was shut down after the fire broke out on a truck that was being transported by rail.

The arrests are said to include Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who is believed to have been the mastermind behind a foiled plot to conduct attacks in Belgium.