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Afghanistan ranks extremely low on the World Happiness Report, released for World Happiness Day on March 20. But that doesn’t mean it is a place devoid of happiness.

Avalanche forecasters in Colorado say it’s going to be a bad year. They’re predicting the highest danger level for snow slides since they began forecasting in 1973.

Barry Lopez’s new book is a biography and a portrait of some of the world’s most delicate places, but at heart it’s a contemplation of the belief that the way forward is compassionately, and together.

The U.K.’s National Portrait Gallery and the Sackler family — owners of the company that makes OxyContin — say they’re concerned that allegations of profiteering could overshadow the gift.

The political chaos surrounding Brexit could have been avoided had Theresa May simply followed President Trump’s advice, his son wrote in an op-ed.

The U.S. says it may stop sharing intelligence with Germany if it adopts Chinese firm Huawei’s 5G technology. But the threats haven’t swayed Germany, which says it can set its own security standards.

Jamal Trulove spent more than six years in prison before being acquitted in 2015. A jury found police deliberately fabricated evidence and withheld exculpatory material.

The $71 billion deal strengthens Disney’s portfolio and gives it even more leverage to compete against other streaming powerhouses.

Kashmir, disputed between India and Pakistan, is the site of a decades-long insurgency. It is also a winter sports haven. During recent airstrikes and shelling, a ski station remained open.

Some of the least-known but most important figures in the Russia investigation and its aftermath are the women who preside over its headline-grabbing cases.

On a conservative court, Justice Gorsuch has been one of the most conservative voices. But in cases involving Indian treaties and rights, he is most often sympathetic to Indian claims.

Some states have begun using Medicare reimbursement rates to recalibrate how they pay hospitals. If the gamble pays off, more private-sector employers could start doing the same thing.

After five days of deliberation the jury concluded the weed killer was a “substantial factor” in causing non-Hodgkins lymphoma in the plaintiff. It’s the second verdict against the Bayer product.

Pranksters added some whimsical credits in the fine print of an annual White House economic report.

After the New Zealand terrorist attacks, mental health professionals are asking: What does persistent trauma do to a generation of young Muslims growing up in the midst of it all?

The storm inundated parts of southern Africa with massive floods, stranding survivors on rooftops and in trees. Hundreds are reported dead and the toll is expected to rise.

The nomination of Stephen Dickson comes as the agency faces criticism for its response to crashes involving the Boeing 737 Max.

Canada is under pressure from the two rival powers over the Meng Wanzhou extradition case.

The surge in attacks on responders obscures a crucial point: The violence is coming from two very different sources. And efforts to combat one could exacerbate the other.

Facebook had given online advertisers tools to exclude users from viewing their ads on the basis of race, gender and other federally protected characteristics. Now Facebook is changing that.

Once a tiny specialty that drew mostly psychiatrists, addiction medicine is expanding its accredited training to include residents from specialties like family medicine who see it as a calling.

The Anti-Defamation League says white supremacist propaganda has increased by more than 180 percent in the past year, as the groups seek to recruit disaffected white kids looking for community.

Nazarbayev is the only president Kazakhstan has ever known. He first rose to authority as a Communist Party official — and he’s been accused of human rights abuses.

Auerbach breaks down working with new artists and seasoned session players through his label imprint, Easy Eye Sound.

“This is not a victory announcement,” the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces say, even as they celebrate a breakthrough in a battle in Syria’s Euphrates River Valley.

The renowned economist and former Obama adviser Alan Krueger died this past weekend. We look at his enormous legacy.

More than 100,000 people descended on Lake Elsinore, Calif., over the weekend for a chance to frolic among the flowers. City officials strained to keep up.

The video was viewed about 4,000 times before Facebook removed it. Then the social media platform had to contend with more than a million attempted re-uploads.

Other journalists have previously reported many of the serious claims presented in Vicky Ward’s book; her own yields generally feel meager, wrapping even the smallest scoops in a fog of insinuation.

Bryan Washington’s debut story collection brings the Texas city to life in all its struggle and imperfect glory.

Many U.S. chefs and retailers prefer intact fillets that constitute a single portion. That demand is driving overfishing for young fish that haven’t reproduced. A new campaign aims to change that.

A decade ago, dozens of Texas landowners fought the federal government’s efforts to build a wall on their land. Those battles are beginning again as new walls are planned for the Rio Grande Valley.