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Six passengers were stricken on the Tampa-bound flight, prompting Cleveland airport officials to shut down and clean water fountains.

Russia's Federal Security Service says it arrested Paul Whelan last week. Family members say he was visiting Moscow to attend a wedding, not to steal secrets.

Noel King talks to John Sipher, former member of the CIA's Clandestine Service who worked in Moscow, about U.S. citizen Paul Whelan, who has been arrested in Russia on suspicion of spying.

Family members and victims of the 2015 mass shooting in California had accused the tech companies of knowingly supporting ISIS and helping the group spread its radical beliefs.

Doctors told Toni and Jim Hoy their young son needed intensive, specialized care away from home — institutional services that cost at least $100,000 a year. Insurance wouldn't cover the cost.

The stakes are higher with a newly configured U.S. Supreme Court. Abortion-rights opponents say they're ultimately hoping to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Former federal public defender Alexandra Natapoff says 13 million misdemeanors are filed each year in the U.S., trapping the innocent, punishing the poor and making society more unequal.

Chelsea Football Club will pay Borussia Dortmund millions to acquire the 20-year-old U.S. national team standout and Pennsylvania native.

The partial government shutdown is rippling beyond federal workers and contractors. If you are seeing effects of the shutdown in your life, work or travel, we want to hear your story.