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When the USS Eagle sank eighty years ago off the coast of Maine, it was ruled an accident. Now it's known to be one of the last US ships sunk by the Germans in World War Two, and the crew is recognized with a memorial.

Republicans in Congress are turning to a tool of the budget process to pass major elements of President Trump's agenda without the threat of a filibuster from Senate Democrats.

A bail hearing in South Africa for Paralympic star and accused murderer Oscar Pistorius had members of the gallery gasping. Host Melissa Block talks with journalist Andrew Harding about a wild day of testimony and challenges.

Election Day voting has begun in many parts of the country. We are getting an update from a polling place in the swing state of Georgia.

Representatives for President Nicolás Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaidó are slated to hold direct talks in Norway this week aimed at breaking months of political gridlock.

President Nicolas Maduro's government hasn't solved food shortages or ended high inflation. It's been more effective in cracking down on the opposition, filing legal charges against many mayors.

A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that roughly 1 in 5 stars, like our own sun, have an Earth-like planet orbiting around it. That's about 40 billion planets that could support life in the Milky Way galaxy. Melissa Block talks to co-author Geoff Marcy, an astronomy professor at the University of California-Berkeley, about the latest numbers.

President Trump claims the warship will be "the fastest, the biggest, and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built." A month ago, the Navy scrapped plans to build a new, small warship, citing delays and cost overruns.

Satirical cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter Jules Feiffer has died at the age of 95. He was the illustrator of the children's classic "The Phantom Tollbooth."

Sisters Mai Lo Lee and Beth Lo, who grew up in a large Hmong family, recall their youth spent in a refugee camp in Thailand and on a ginseng farm in Wisconsin.