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The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is Junot Diaz's first novel. It arrives 10 years after Drown, his critically acclaimed collection of short stories. Diaz calls the book a "mashup" of Dominican and American cultures.

Studies show the populations of most North American shorebirds are declining. But the American oystercatcher found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts is a success story.

The reports from the border this week sent a collective shudder through many Japanese American communities around the country.

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 Gold Rush lured hundreds of thousands of people to California and changed American history. It all started with a tiny gold flake.

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…