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France bans imports of live pigs and related products from the U.S., in an attempt to keep a virus that's killed millions of piglets in North America and Asia from spreading.

One of America's most important -- and controversial -- literary figures has died at the age of 79.

Thousands of soldiers died at the Battle of Gettysburg, but that number might have been higher had it not been for Jonathan Letterman, chief medical officer of the Union's Army of the Potomac. In Surgeon in Blue, Scott McGaugh explores Letterman's long-lasting legacy.

The Star of India — the world's oldest active ship — will be taken out to sea Saturday, Sunday and Monday as part of its 150th birthday party.

Enter the haunting imagination of the 2011 Nobel laureate, whose Swedish-language poems — rich in silence and metaphor — survive translation particularly well.

Against the demands of the Assad regime, a covert cross-border operation has been getting aid to desperate Syrians in areas out of government control. A new U.N. resolution could expand these efforts.

A man who became known for claiming he was the sailor kissing a woman in Times Square in a famous World War II-era photo taken has died. Glenn McDuffie was 86.

The Defense Of Marriage Act prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages — and that means Social Security benefits don't pass on to surviving partners. A lawsuit seeks the same benefits given to heterosexual married couples.

The next couple of days will bring fireworks, hot dogs -- and a new unemployment report.

In efforts to defeat Ebola, the government could have done better, says Lewis Brown. But he stands by the tough calls that have been made — including the controversial quarantine in West Point.