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As the U.S. women's basketball team plays its Olympic opener against Japan, expectations are high. The U.S. has won the last 7 gold medals, and hasn’t lost at the Olympics in most players' lifetimes.

Saxophonist Joey Berkley lost his ability to play due to the muscular disorder focal dystonia, but experimental treatment has given him enough flexibility to record a comeback album titled A Suite Life.

The winged mammal has a unique ability to carry viruses and not get sick from them. This tolerance may be a unique adaptation to flying.

Plastic is everywhere, but we ditched it for a week. Here are some tips from our experiment that you can use to cut back your own plastic use.

The high court ruled for the first time that workers may not band together to challenge violations of federal labor laws.

New England's apple harvest has been a bust and the reason goes back to an early spring frost and the implications of climate change.

With the Federal Reserve keeping rates low and Treasury yields dropping after the Brexit vote, mortgage rates are down too. That's spurring a boomlet in applications and refinancings.

When Kim Hak-min got to South Korea, he saw his first-ever smartphone, the iPhone 4. It changed his life trajectory.

Diana Evans' novel follows two couples — 30-something Londoners — as they navigate friendship, relationships and parenthood. The goal, she says, was to write "about very ordinary moments."

Playwright/actor Sam Shepard died Thursday at the age of 73. Actor Ed Harris worked with him on many different project on the stage and screen; he offers his memories.