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President Barack Obama called on Congress to take action on gun control laws Wednesday, acknowledging that it will be tough and highlighting Colorado’s new gun laws as a step [...]

E. Coli outbreak: An outbreak of E. coli infections has left two people in Michigan sick and prompted a New York company to issue a recall.

Notorious B.I.G. apartment: The former apartment of rapper The Notorious B.I.G. is being sold off.

Some schools are making recycling fun and interesting, a nonprofit has discovered.

Georgia HS Prom: A high school in Georgia still has a segregated prom. But a group of HS teens want to change that.

Missing family found: A family of five from Medina, Ohio, that went missing in the Florida Everglades was found on Friday, according to authorities.

Hikers found: A young woman was rescued Thursday from a canyon in Southern California after she got lost on a day hike.

James Holmes threats: A month before he shot and killed 12 people in a Colorado theater, James Holmes made threats to her and had homicidal thoughts before she told campus police.

Debtors prisons thrive: A few Ohio courts have been illegally jailing people in so-called “debtors’ prisons” because they cannot pay their debts.

“Craigslist Killer” Richard Beasley was sentenced to death on Thursday for his role in a triple homicide. Beasley got the moniker for luring the three victims to a farm in [...]

Newtown gun store: The store that sold a gun to the mother of the man who shot up a school in Newtown, Conn., lost its firearms license.

Students denied lunch: At a Massachusetts school, around two dozen students were denied lunch for the week, prompting outrage from parents.