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Yoselyn Ortega, 55, wept as she spoke to the court at her sentencing. She was convicted in the 2012 stabbing deaths of 2-year-old Leo and 6-year-old Lucian Krim.

Researchers have found that giving your brain an electrical stimulation while you sleep can lead to quicker learning and improved memory. Future You's episode 6 explores what this will mean in 2050.

The Serbian star was beaten in the men's tennis semifinal by Germany's Alexander Zverev. It means Djokovic can't make history by winning all four major tournaments and Olympic gold in a single year.

The 25-year-old Ashleigh Barty beat 29-year-old Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic in three sets, bringing home the first women's Wimbledon trophy in more than four decades.

NOAA is updating its definition of what a "normal" Atlantic hurricane season looks like, based on the last 30 years. The average number of hurricanes in the new normal has risen from 6 to 7.

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The aid does not appear to be helping to mend U.S.-Pakistan relations, however, the Christian Science Monitor reports.

The guitarist spent his early teens playing clubs as part of the vibrant 6th Street music scene of Austin, Texas, learning from (and impressing) blues legends along the way.

Black and Hispanic students are disproportionately suspended, expelled and have unequal access to education, according to the latest Civil Rights Data Collection survey.

The report, which is more than 6,000 pages long, found that there was no "imminent threat" by Saddam Hussein when the British decided to join the U.S. in war.