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Massachusetts voters passed a new tax on people with incomes over a million dollars and got more money than expected - but it might drive some wealthy people and business away.

A Senate panel released a redacted synopsis of the 7,000 page report. Copies of the full classified report sent to federal agencies have gone unread. Some fear the report may never be made public.

Scientists are trying to decode how the trillions of microorganisms in our gut talk with the brain and shape our resilience to stress. A new study offers some initial clues.

At least 56 people died after consuming methanol-laced liquor produced in the Kallakurichi district. Several regions in India have seen mass casualties due to consumption of tainted alcohol.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is in Washington this week, and will continue conversations while Israel fights on two fronts -- in Gaza and on the border with Lebanon.

The innovative Ibach baby grand, brought from Germany in the 1930s by a Jewish family fleeing the Nazis, sat unplayable for decades. That's about to change, thanks to the family's grandchildren.

A breakdown in law and order along a main route in southern Gaza has made Israel's daytime fighting pause ineffectual for aid delivery. This led to skyrocketing food prices sold on the black market.

Did you pay a little extra for a sports star's name on your latest pair of sneakers? Well, a budding NBA player's dad is relentlessly promoting the chance to pay even more for potential star power.

More than 70 candidates are running in Nigeria's presidential election Saturday, but two candidates are in the lead. Big issues include corruption, the economy and threats from extremists.

"The right whales are at a point where more are dying than are being born," biologist Clay George says. "That's just not sustainable long-term."