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This was as raucous a debate as we've seen from the Democrats. Bernie Sanders was the one in the spotlight this time and he was quick to the draw offering unapologetic defenses of his policies.

Aid arrived in the besieged town of Madaya, as well as two other towns, on Monday. Meanwhile, the U.N. is drawing attention to the hundreds of thousands of Syrians they still can't reach.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has announced that Iran has shrunk its nuclear program enough to have sanctions lifted. From banking to pistachios, here's a look at what will happen next.

The water in Flint, Mich., is contaminated with dangerously high levels of lead. The president has now declared a state of emergency and authorized FEMA to provide assistance.

Ted Williams, whose striking baritone went viral in 2011, is now co-hosting a daily radio show in Columbus, Ohio, The Columbus Dispatch reports. It's his first full-time job since 1993.

Four men in Iranian custody and seven working their way through the U.S. legal system will be released or pardoned today as part of a prisoner swap. Here's what we know about them.

Four Iranian-American prisoners, including journalist Jason Rezaian, are being exchanged with seven Iranians imprisoned in the U.S. A fifth American is being released, separate from the prisoner swap.

Al-Qaida-linked gunmen stormed a hotel popular with Westerners in Ouagadougou, taking more than 120 hostages Friday night, officials say. Security forces have now taken back the hotel.

U.S. health officials have warned pregnant women against traveling to Latin American and Caribbean countries with outbreaks of the tropical illness which may be causing microcephaly in newborns.

The gunmen attacked a hotel and a cafe in Ouagadougou, the capital of the West African nation. The foreign minister says people have died. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb has claimed responsibility.