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Michelle Carter, who was found guilty of manslaughter after she told her boyfriend to commit suicide over text, will be sentenced today. The case could have broad legal implications.

An all-female team of student inventors from Afghanistan finally has permission from the U.S. to travel to a forthcoming international robotics competition in Washington, D.C.

After Education Secretary Betsy DeVos delayed regulations against for-profit colleges, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and 18 other Democratic attorneys general are suing.

One of the most highly anticipated meetings at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, will take place on the sidelines, between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A former U.S. ambassador to NATO calls President Trump’s refusal to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election "a dereliction of the basic duty to defend our country.”  

Donations have been slow in coming to help the more than 20 million people facing what has been called the “largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the United Nations.”

We know him for his theories on the laws of gravity and motion, but a new book examines the deeply religious views of Isaac Newton.

There's a new succession line in Saudi Arabia: King Salman has made his 31-year-old son first in line to succeed him, a spot previously held by the king's nephew.

Boston is trying to confront a troubled reputation and history with race that dates back more than four decades, but will it work? Mayor Marty Walsh weighs in here. 

Voters are headed to the polls today in Britain for a snap general election called by Prime Minister Theresa May. 

Former FBI Director James Comey will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee today. Here's what you need to know. 

Yesterday, more than a thousand immigrants rights supporters descended on the Texas capitol. Tensions between lawmakers on either side of the issue escalated to threats of violence.

An Obama-era program that granted Haitians Temporary Protected Status in the U.S. after the 2010 earthquake will come to an end in January, the Trump Administration announced Monday.

The Trump-Russia probe is "similar to Watergate and Iran-contra in that there seems to be a new shoe that drops every day or two," Senator John McCain tells The Takeaway. 

President Trump thrust the H-1B visa program back into the spotlight recently. What are the problems with the program, and are they likely to get fixed anytime soon?    

Chess master and Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson discusses his fight to keep President Donald Trump and corporate America in check.  

There are renewed concerns from the tech sector about the industry’s ability to recruit and retain a pool of much-needed foreign-born talent.

A look at the importance of libraries in the 21st century, as both physical and digital spaces.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is one of a number of attorneys general that are pushing back on the Trump Administration’s agenda on a range of issues.