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A big study finds the risk that the baby will die soon after delivery is twice as high if the delivery was planned for home or a birthing center versus the hospital, but such deaths are very rare.

In Los Angeles County, more than one-quarter of the 375 people shot by law enforcement over a five-year period were unarmed. Police training tries to prepare officers to make split-second decisions.

Tonya Couch was returned days after Mexican authorities captured her and her 18-year-old son, Ethan, who has been granted a temporary stay against extradition.

The deal in Saudi Arabia has been no taxation and no representation. Bottom-of-the-barrel crude prices changed the first half of the equation this week, as officials cut utility and gas subsidies.

As the number of older Americans grows, so does the need for geriatricians to care for them. But few medical students are interested in the specialty, which isn't very glamorous or lucrative.

Bush has boasted about his "really good guacamole" recipe on the campaign trail. Just in time for college bowl season, he shared it with NPR.

The second annual College Football Playoff kicks off with Clemson taking on Oklahoma and Michigan State facing Alabama. Renee Montagne gets a preview from Washington Post columnist Kevin Blackistone.

Sen. Marco Rubio campaigned in Iowa on Wednesday with Rep. Trey Gowdy, the chairman of the House Benghazi Committee. He set the tone for the event, defending Rubio's record on immigration.

To help get excited kids to bed early on New Year's Eve, Netflix is offering videos of countdowns. It could work — trick the little ones into thinking it's already midnight.

More than half the shelter residents who are seeking asylum asked to move. But they are staying after Swedish authorities said there was nowhere else to go.