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Louisiana State University researchers have developed biodegradable, plantable Mardi Gras beads to address New Orleans' massive plastic pollution problem, as the city works to reduce the 2.5 million pounds of trash generated during Carnival season.

Curling, often described as "chess on ice," is a Winter Olympic team sport that blends strategy, precision and etiquette.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Sunday he would accept a proposal made by the nation's largest remaining rebel group to allow an independent commission to investigate the group's alleged links to the drug trade.

A federal judge delayed the start of D.C. Council member Trayon White's trial until the fall after his lawyers asked for more time to review evidence in the bribery case.

Seattle prosecutors on Friday charged a convicted felon with opening fire on police officers after authorities said he was chasing his ex-wife.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says Washington Republicans are wasting their time and resources trying to throw Sen. John Cornyn a lifeline in the state's hotly contested GOP primary.

Mikaela Shiffrin stood at the start gate atop the giant slalom course at sun-splashed Tofane and made a promise to herself.

Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar launched his party's election campaign in Budapest on Sunday, vowing to restore Hungary's Western orientation just eight weeks before he faces Prime Minister Viktor Orban in a pivotal vote.

Rep. Thomas Massie says President Trump wants him pushed out of Congress because he's trying to expose what he calls the "Epstein class."

A storm system sweeping across the Southeast late Saturday and Sunday brought tornado warnings to Mississippi and Louisiana, and then took aim at parts of Georgia and Florida, as people in the Northeast were finally getting a reprieve from weeks of ...