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Why the United States spends so much more on health care than any other country in the world, including spending more tax dollars on health care than Canada, the UK, or Australia.

The NRA is finally putting guns into the hands of those who need them most.

After Tiller explores third-trimester abortions in the wake of the 2009 assassination of practitioner Dr. George Tiller. The procedure is now performed by only four doctors in the United States, who risk their lives in the name of commitment to their patients. 

The Copenhagen Philharmonic surprises the passengers in the Copenhagen Metro in a flash performance of Grieg's Peer Gynt.

The NFL presides over America's indisputable national pastime -- and an epidemic of long-term brain injuries. What did the NFL know, and when did it know it? A special two-hour investigation reveals the hidden story. Oct 8 on PBS.

Russian President Vladimir Putin criticizes Obama for promoting American exceptionalism in his Syria speech

Brain training games claim to boost your mental skills, but research has shown they don't make young people smarter. Now a custom-designed computer game has found success in older adults, improving players' short-term memory and attention

These 30 seconds capture how the de Blasio campaign has upended the Bloomberg 1% era in New York politics

More than a million years older than "Lucy," some nearly complete skeletons of Ardipithecus ramidus and thousands of associated fossils provide the most detailed snapshot of our earliest upright ancestors.

Led off by two of the youngest and most appealing break dancers ever, more than 1200 Glee fans came together for a spectacular flash mob. Seattle, April 10, 2011.