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Iraqis went to the polls in Parliamentary elections, Saturday, in the first elections since US-backed Iraqi forces drove the Islamic State from the country. 

On the eve of 'Nakba,' a day when Arabs commemorate the loss of the land they see as their own, the United States government opens the doors to its new embassy in Jerusalem.

The state of Missouri is grappling with whether or not becoming a right-to-work state is going to help build the amount of money people earn and save.

In Missouri, the state legislature is set to hold a special session this week in which they will consider the impeachment of Governor Eric Greitens due to a sex abuse scandal.

This week, Rafer gives his take on a few must-sees: "The Seagull" with Annette Bening, "Life of the Party," with Melissa McCarthy, and "RBG," documenting the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s ministry of health is declaring an Ebola outbreak in the country. So far, only two cases of the virus have been confirmed.

There are 567 federally recognized Native tribes in this country. But many of the labels foisted upon them do not match how Natives actually view themselves.

Republican State Representative Tarah Toohil has alleged her colleague, Republican Representative Nick Miccarelli, physically assaulted her after she ended their relationship.

This week, the public witnessed yet another incident of a white person calling the police on a person of color when no crime had been committed.

Around 300 of France's most prominent intellectuals and politicians have signed onto a manifesto calling on prominent Muslim leaders to amend the Quran.

Residents living on the Big Island of Hawaii are continuing to live with activity from the Kilauea volcano, which began erupting a week ago.

Drug distribution companies allowed millions of addictive painkillers into West Virginia. After their congressional testimony, a West Virginia public health expert weighs in.

There is a complex transformation afoot in America's collective religious identity. 

New payments to Michael Cohen reveal that he has received disbursements from a company tied to a Russian oligarch and from large firms like AT&T and Novartis.

They're maligned and abused in public, yet are the object of obsession on reality television. Who are the so-called 'elite,' and why do we love to hate them?

Perhaps no group watched the president’s decision on the Iran deal yesterday more closely than the families of Iranian-Americans currently being detained by the Iranian government.

President Trump's pick to serve as the director of the C.I.A. Gina Haspel is expected to be challenged about her role in the agency's use of controversial interrogation tactics.

On Tuesday, Republicans and Democrats poured out to the polls for primary races in four states, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, and West Virginia.

On Tuesday, President Trump addressed the nation in a televised speech announcing his withdrawal from the nuclear pact with Iran that was brokered by the Obama administration.

New York's Democratic Attorney General has resigned after being asked to step aside by Governor Andrew Cuomo. Schneiderman was the subject of several allegations of sexual abuse.