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Scrabblers just need to chillax, preferably with a triple-word score

We all must learn to evolve with the times and begrudgingly accept that words like “ridic” and “selfie” are part of the lexicon. But must our beloved…

Zabihuillah Niazi, a 25-year-old nurse, lost an eye and an arm when an American AC-130 gunship shelled the Medecins Sans Frontieres trauma center in Kunduz, Afghanistan, in October 2015, killing 42 people.

For Afghan Victims, U.S. Airstrike Is Followed By Anger, Confusion

President Obama apologized for the attack on a hospital. But six months later, victims say they're facing a complicated bureaucratic process over compensation.

Migrants arrive to register for relocation at a temporary facility outside The Jungle refugee camp near the port of Calais, France. The camp known for its squalor housed an estimated 6,100 migrants.

PHOTOS: France Begins Evicting Thousands Of Migrants From Notorious 'Jungle' Camp

French security forces intend to dismantle the squalid camp that, despite its poor living conditions, has housed thousands of people who fled wars or poverty for a better life in Europe.

'The Couple Next Door' Ratchets Up Parenting Paranoia

Shari Lapena's novel about a couple whose baby daughter goes missing while they're at a dinner party next door strikes at the heart of parenting fears — but falls down as a police procedural.

West Mich. group helps ex-cons take first steps toward new life

The federal government recently released more than 6,000 inmates from custody. It's the first wave of what will be some 4,600 people whose sentences for…

Is marijuana a gateway drug to smoking cigarettes?

Will Legal Marijuana Lead To More People Smoking Tobacco?

California boasts one of the lowest rates of tobacco smoking in the nation. Researchers worry that pot smoking will lead the way to cigarette smoking.

Take a quick look at the new models from Detroit's Big Three at the auto show

During the press days of the North American International Auto Show, Detroit's Big Three unveiled their latest 2016 models and made announcements about…

Flint food bank steps up, first with water, now with lead-fighting foods

The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan has had to swing into high gear in the wake of the Flint water crisis.“We traditionally did about 1.6 million pounds out…

Recently arrived refugees in Michigan learn english and job training in the same course

For refugees, a class to learn English and job skills

This isn’t the easiest time to come to Michigan as a refugee.Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson says he’ll sue to stop Syrian refugees from…

A Medicaid office employee works on reports at Montefiore Medical Center in New York in late 2014. New York expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act and enrollment surged.

Obamacare Enrollment Triggers Drop In The Uninsured Rate

The sizable jump in Americans with insurance, due in large part to the implementation of the federal health law, is unprecedented since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid 50 years ago.

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