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The Supreme Court has endorsed a court order requiring California to cut its prison population by tens of thousands of inmates to improve health care for those who remain behind bars.

While it comes with many caveats, a new study suggests that fast-paced shows like "SpongeBob SquarePants" make it harder for young children to engross themselves in later tasks.

Research shows that learning another language helps to enhance mental development and improve performance in other subjects such as math.

By the time of his sudden death at age 50 in 2009, Michael Jackson was known less for his music than for his erratic behavior, wild spending, and many plastic surgeries.

ATBIP is a Russian-made air-delivered/land activated thermobaric weapon. In describing the bomb's destructive power, Russian deputy was quoted as saying, "all that is alive merely evaporates."

Tel Megiddo, an ancient Biblical city north of Jerusalem, has ruins of a palace and stables attributed to around the time of Solomon — evoked now by a metal horse sculpture.

Unlike formal dance styles with strict rules and conventions, the edgy world of street dance is constantly evolving.

With their choice of prey, kingsnakes rank high among gourmet diners of the serpent clan. Its practice of eating venomous snakes makes it exceptional among the reptiles.

A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders.