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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has an Easter story to top all others.

Excerpted from The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy, by Masha Gessen, published on Tuesday by Riverhead.

Dear Hanna and Julia,

Well that was awkward.

Watch a dragonfly break out of its skin in this amazing time-lapse recorded by Yale professor Pieter van Dokkum.

She may be nearing 101 years old, but Mieko Nagaoka isn't slowing down -- at least in the pool.

In an interview, President Obama called last week's preliminary agreement a "once in a lifetime opportunity" to curb the spread of nuclear weapons in a dangerous region while reassuring critics.

Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is online weekly to chat live with readers. An edited transcript of the chat is below. (Sign up here to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. Read Prudie's Slate columns her...

When Wisconsin faces Duke for the NCAA men's basketball championship on Monday night, Lake Zurich sixth-grader Sam Holtz and his family will be paying particularly close attention.

An Indonesian court is expected to deliver its ruling Monday on whether two Australian drug smugglers -- members of the so-called "Bali Nine" syndicate -- can legally challenge their planned executions.

7 members of a family in southern China drown in a deadly attempt to rescue girl

President Barack Obama says he is "absolutely committed to making sure" Israel maintains a military advantage over Iran.

MALAM FATORI, Nigeria

"I can tell you from California, climate change is not a hoax"

(Reuters) - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday Israel had released frozen tax revenue to the Authority but that he had ordered the funds to be returned because money had been deducted to cover d...

(INDIANAPOLIS) — Indiana tourism agencies are rolling out campaigns emphasizing that everyone is welcome, but it might not be enough to quickly restore the state’s battered image after a backlash over its religious o...

"I'm no angel"

From the White Cliffs of Dover, CNN's Isa Soares explores the hot button issue of immigration and how it will impact the UK election.

Rutgers University officials announced Monday that the school is banning all fraternity and sorority house parties. Fraternities and sororities will be required to hold events at off-campus sites, where third parties ser...

A Schererville man died Sunday night at ArcelorMittal's Burns Harbor plant after he was found at the bottom of an elevator shaft.

The Russian president has mended issues with Cyprus and has courted Greece as Moscow seeks to assert influence in some of Europe's most troubled corners.

The FBI is reviving its fitness requirements for the first time in 16 years. The 13,500 FBI agents must complete a physical exam by October to confirm they are fit enough to perform their jobs. "The lives of your colleag...