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A lawyer for Dr. Howard Kornfeld said the doctor immediately dispatched his son to Prince's Minneapolis estate. The son was said to be among those who found Prince dead and called 911.

"I've decided that your basic needs come before anything else," Gov. Alejandro García Padilla said, adding that he will not close hospitals in order to pay the island's debt.

Berrigan became emblematic of the opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam. He served time in jail for an audacious act of civil disobedience.

It sounds like science fiction, but it's a very real and contentious debate that is making its way through the U.N. Advocates of a ban want all military weapons to be under "meaningful human control."

The real estate heir pleaded guilty to a weapons charge just after he admitted to murder in an HBO documentary.

Thomas D. Schroeder of the Federal District Court in Winston-Salem said North Carolina had "legitimate state interests" to implement the law.

A three-judge panel overturned a lower court's ruling that found NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was not fair when he handed down the suspension.

Hundreds of people gathered for a peace march in West Baltimore to mark the anniversary of the death of Freddie Gray and the unrest that followed.

Prince was not only a spectacular musician but also a singular performer. From the Super Bowl to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he left a mark onstage.

The decision caps a public campaign asking for the change and months of deliberation by the Treasury.

At issue was whether Congress was stepping on the toes of the judiciary by essentially awarding damages to plaintiffs in certain cases.

The children were reportedly arrested for failing to stop a fight off campus. One lawmaker said there was "no rational safety justification" for an arrest like that.

The Fourth Circuit said the lower court should have deferred to the federal government's assertion that Title IX applies to transgender students.

A 4-4 tie is a real possibility. In that case, the actions, which would shield some 4 million people from deportation, would never take effect.

In substance, the debate was essentially a recap of previous ones. In style, it broke new ground. It was sharp and contentious.

That sweaty smiley face emoji may be positive to some of your friends and negative to others. And depending on who you're texting it may appear entirely different on their device.

The front page of the paper's opinion section has fake stories about a market crash, the beginning of mass deportations and U.S. military refusing orders from its civilian leadership.

According to Amnesty International, the rise was driven mostly by Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. It's a different story in the U.S., where a majority of states have essentially halted executions.

Who leaked the papers? Are the schemes uncovered illegal? We answer some pressing questions about the huge document leak.

Justice Anthony Kennedy, the crucial swing vote on the court, gave mixed signals during a hearing about the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate.