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A round-up of our favourite photographs of the week

A round-up of our favourite photographs of the week

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You know it’s February when black folks start cutting up in the White House.

Mona Awad's "13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl," a thin novel-in-stories, tackles body image issues.

There was no lack of star-power to be found at the 2016 Clive Davis pre-Grammy party (now an official Grammy week even sanctioned by the Recording...

Before last year, scientists knew very little about the Zika virus. As late as 2007, there had only been 14 documented Zika cases in the world. Research on the virus was so limited, in fact, that printouts of all the world's published literature could basically fit into a shoebox.

Last summer, Scott Walker and his little mini-me, the plutocrat and Milwaukee County Emperor Executive Chris Abele, wanted to help build a new Bucks arena. Even though the new owners are worth more than $5 billion, Walker and Abele promised that the taxpayers would pay for half of the arena.

When Walker couldn't get the deal done with his fellow Republicans, Abele stepped up with a truly maleficent idea:

Jim Freeman has a glimpse of the misery and history of an 18th-century Irish prison.

The screen star's philanthropic enterprise started in a dirty barn with some wine bottles full of salad dressing.

Sumner Redstone's personal affairs have been pulled into public view once again as part of a contentious legal effort to determine whether the 92-year-old billionaire is mentally competent.

There’s a lot of pop culture to sort through week after week. Times staff writer Chris Barton offers his take on what’s up and what’s down in music, movies, television and just about anything else out there that’s worth considering.

A man has been arrested after a busy garage was robbed earlier in the week.

The popular low-carbohydrate, high-fat 'Paleo' diet can cause weight gain and predispose followers to diabetes, say researchers, who recommend a Mediterranean diet instead.

Pennsylvania state veterans officials anticipate the state Department of Health will inspect the Gino J. Merli Veterans Center in Scranton sometime in April or May as the facility tries to get its license restored.

Darrell Wallace had to go to a backup car after an incident in the practice session.

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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Upcoming ABC comedy pilot "Chunk & Bean" has added Anna Gunn to its cast list.

The British prime minister is meeting with other EU leaders in Brussels to try to change Britain's relationship with the European Union.

Political protests and a ratings downgrade mark a bad week in the country’s attempts to manage the economy

WILMINGTON, Delaware - Delaware government and business officials are celebrating the decision by the DuPont Co. and Dow Chemical to locate in Wilmington the corporate headquarters of the agriculture company to be spun off after their planned merger.

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Delaware government and business officials are celebrating the decision by the DuPont Co. and Dow Chemical to locate in Wilmington the corporate headquarters of the agriculture company to be spun off after their planned merger.

A playwright whose work was performed for President Jomo Kenyatta and Emperor Haile Selassie, Williams wrote on the subject of reconciliation, and inspired the African conservationists that surrounded him to reconcile and reunite the relationship between animals and people

Justice Antonin Scalia's flag-draped casket has arrived at the Supreme Court where it will lie in repose on Friday.