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More and more Americans are dying from heroin overdoses. We take a look at North Carolina, where 183 people died from the drug last year.

The comet Siding Spring came closer to Mars than any comet has come to a planet in recorded history.

Doctors need to look at the eyes to diagnose disease, but the machines they use are big and expensive. An iPhone or tablet may do as well, scientists say, bringing eye care to the underserved.

Our digital and social media producer Rachel Rohr is back from a month-long trip cross-country, talking with young Americans.

The agency says if 2014 continues to be this hot, it's on pace to be the hottest year on record.

Today, protesters and officials from Leung Chun-ying's administration finally met, but little was accomplished.

Female executives are a rarity in the energy industry. But Lynn Good, CEO of Duke Energy, took the helm of the utility giant just as it was grappling with some very public challenges.

In her memoir, The Woman I Wanted to Be, Diane von Furstenberg says she owes her success to her mother, a strong, strict Holocaust survivor who called Diane her "torch of freedom."

One bystander was also shot by. After an hours-long manhunt, police apprehended a 34-year-old suspect.

The midterm elections are less than two weeks away. Writer Michael Schaub recommends a book that explores what it's like to run for office and live through all the dramatic ups and downs.