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Jindal joins a crowded Republican field, and polls show him trailing the other presidential hopefuls.

As a region, the Americas fare quite well in Gallup's new global index of personal well-being, but the U.S. fell from No. 12 to No. 23 worldwide.

The judge imposed the death penalty on Tsarnaev shortly after the convicted bomber's first remarks in public since the 2013 attack that killed three people and left 264 others wounded.

The ribs of a 240 million-year-old fossil hold clues to how the first turtle shell evolved. And its skull shape seems closer to that of lizards and snakes than to an ancestor of dinosaurs and birds.

The decision is part of a growing backlash against symbols of the Confederacy following last week's racially motivated mass shooting at a black church in South Carolina.

The Obama administration says the U.S. will continue to try to prevent hostage situations — and the Justice Department says it "does not intend to add to families' pain" if they pay ransoms.

Cubs fan Keith Hartley got a round of applause for focusing on making the catch — and not disturbing his infant son Isaac, who kept enjoying his bottle while his dad lunged over the rain tarp.

The death of the unarmed black man was a homicide that resulted from "acts of omission" by the police, according to The Baltimore Sun.

The thousands of tons of meat have an estimated value of more than $480 million — but also pose serious health risks, officials said.

According to one document published by WikiLeaks, "the main sticking point" for President Nicolas Sarkozy back in 2010 was "the U.S. desire to continue spying on France."