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The No. 1 and 2 causes of death remain the same, but there have been a number of notable changes. And now there's a new disease to assess on the global landscape: COVID-19.

The little spotted kiwi soared in the rankings before election organizers discovered 1,500 fraudulent votes placed for the flightless bird.

A Finnish computer scientist had a dream that a blackbird was speaking to her in human language. So she devised a computer program to transform the sounds of the human voice into birdsong.

Does your idea of America's Bible Belt match up with a new study of where the most "Bible-minded" U.S. cities are? The top spot went to Chattanooga, Tenn. Several cities in the Northeast and West were ranked "least Bible-minded."

Also: The Moscow Times pays a visit to a secret Soviet erotica collection; a poem by late Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska.

There can be twists and turns in the Senate confirmation process. President Biden has asked former Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama to help his nominee through meetings and hearings.

A 2,000-foot tower, proposed by developer Christopher Carley and designed by architect Santiago Calatrava, would rise above the lakefront... and give Chicago the nation's two tallest buildings.

Folk Alley's Elena See and Linda Fahey share their takes on the best Americana, roots and folk records of the year.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is making an unannounced, but widely anticipated, stop in Taiwan. The move is expected to increase already heightened tensions between the U.S. and China.

Come this Saturday a host of new laws take effect that cover everything from conception to death.