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  • Will Pope Francis's first US visit help promote his progressive agenda?

    The pope announced that he planned to attend the 8th World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year. His first official visit comes at a crucial time for his papacy, experts say.

  • The new face of the KKK: Black, Jewish, and gay? (+video)

    New recruits will still wear the traditional Ku Klux Klan costume of white robes and conical hoods, and be required to partake in secret proceedings.

  • Stevie Wonder, Meryl Streep to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

    Tom Brokaw and composer Stephen Sondheim are also among the 19 people on whom President Obama will bestow the highest civilian honor in the US at a White House ceremony Nov. 24.

  • Two films cross $50 million mark: Are Americans returning to movies?

    After a long slump, Hollywood scores big with Disney Animation Studio's 'Big Hero 6' and Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic, 'Interstellar.'

  • How legal marijuana is reshaping state economies (+video)

    Colorado now sports 18,000 state-certified pot industry workers. But critics worry, among other things, that a corporatized marijuana industry will target younger Americans in search of profits.

  • Child homelessness surges to nearly 2.5 million (+video)

    One out of every 30 kids is homeless annually, about half of them younger than six, according to a new report. Homeless children show higher rates of developmental problems and mental health needs. 

  • Progress Watch When you have to cut your dress off, function trumps style

    MIT's Open Style Lab creates functional, stylish clothes for those with disabilities.

  • Disability is less a barrier to the arts than attitude is

    Almost 25 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, assumptions are being challenged: The visual arts are not only of interest to people with sight, music can be appreciated by deaf people, and the older person with Alzheimer’s can benefit from a museum experience or arts workshop.

  • Cover Story Possibility unbound: 25 years of progress for those with disability

    Thanks to the Americans with Disabilities act – which turns 25 next year – and a demanding and aging baby boom generation, the nation has fewer limits for those with physical impairments.

  • Focus Three years into drought, Californians adapt to a drier way of life (+video)

    California residents are letting their cars go dirty and converting their green lawns into drought-tolerant landscapes. The changed behavior has resulted in some improved water-saving statistics.

  • Obamacare enrollment: Some important things to know for Year 2 (+video)

    More insurers are offering health plans. But premiums have generally gone up across the US, and Obamacare tax credits to help you cover those premiums may be lower this year.

  • National Cathedral hosts its first-ever Muslim-led prayers

    The prayers in America’s symbolic spiritual center are an attempt to heal the religious rifts that afflict the globe, organizers say. The service will take place just after noon on Friday.

November 18, 2014

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Rachel Miller drives her dogs Aja and Ivan in Kalamazoo, Mich. A November snow storm has dumped as much as a foot of snow in the area.

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  • How legal marijuana is reshaping state economies (+video)

    Colorado now sports 18,000 state-certified pot industry workers. But critics worry, among other things, that a corporatized marijuana industry will target younger Americans in search of profits.

  • Atheist scientist claims religion will be gone in a generation. Is he right?

    Atheist scientist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss argues that religion will disappear like slavery did in the US. But a religious history professor replies that Krauss' understanding of religion is way off base. 

  • Taylor Swift to Spotify: We are never, ever getting back together (+video)

    On Monday, the singer-songwriter, whose new album sold more than 1 million copies in its first week, pulled her entire catalog from the music-streaming site Spotify.

  • 90-year-old Florida man faces jail for feeding the homeless (+video)

    Fort Lauderdale, Fla., recently joined more than 30 cities that have restricted or are taking steps to restrict sharing food with the homeless. But Arnold Abbott says he plans to keep breaking the law by feeding the homeless. 

  • How Brittany Maynard renewed debate on ethics of right to die movement (+video)

    The California newlywed, who ended her life Sunday, was credited with being an articulate and effective spokesperson for individual rights. But ethicists worry momentum could overshadow the complex social issues involved.

  • Did Mary Landrieu just insult the entire South? Actually, kinda. (+video)

    Three-term Sen. Mary Landrieu's comment that 'the South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans' is a common refrain among Southerners. But it could be an explosive claim to use as an excuse for not doing better at the polls.

  • How a guerilla artist is transforming Chicago's potholes

    Using techniques developed in Ancient Rome, Illinois artist Jim Bachor has taken it upon himself to improve an iconic and ubiquitous feature of Chicago's streets.

  • Why did San Francisco's World Series celebration turn ugly? (+video)

    After the Giants won the World Series, San Francisco fans took to the streets, setting bonfires and smashing bus windows – and taking pictures of the mayhem to post on social media.

  • Fort Lauderdale joins urban movement to restrict feeding the homeless

    Thirty-one US cities have restricted – or are moving to restrict – feeding the homeless outside, says a new report. Why Fort Lauderdale, Fla, just passed a new ordinance this week. 

  • Will this shocking atheist pamphlet be handed out in some Florida schools?

    An atheist group's plan to distribute a sexually explicit pamphlet, invoking the Bible, at some Florida high schools is at the center of a dispute pitting school officials against the Freedom from Religion Foundation, which uses the First Amendment to defend its actions.

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