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Meryl Davis and Charlie White are the first Americans to win gold in the event. They out-skated longtime rivals Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada. Russians Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov finished third.

A new study finds 50 percent of Americans would rather know more about current events than fashion, sports or celebrities. So much so, that one in three admitted pretending to know about a news story to impress someone.

The amount of confidence Americans have in Congress has hit a new low, plummeting from highs in the 1970s and '80s. In the same period, the military has boosted its image.

The gunman was wearing an Afghan military uniform and reportedly killed two U.S. soldiers and a civilian following an argument.

The board of American Apparel has voted to removed the company's founder and CEO, Dov Charney, from his leadership positions. The decision follows allegations of sexual misconduct against Charney.

Native American ruins have been discovered in the path of a proposed Colorado highway construction project.Researchers say the ruins found south of…

Hear an intriguing program pairing John Adams' gorgeous Harmonium with an oratorio by black Canadian-American composer R. Nathaniel Dett — a work whose 1937 premiere was weirdly cut short.

talks about new evidence that supermassive black holes in space actually exist. The findings were reported at yesterday's session of the Society's meeting in Toronto.

Hodder Education, the publisher of the textbook, said it was removing the book from sale and would conduct a review of the content.

Anti-American anger in the Arab world is at an all-time high, shaped by the Iraq war -- and a perception that U.S. foreign policy is hostile to Arab and Muslim concerns. NPR's Deborah Amos concludes her series on Iraq's Arab neighbors.