Obama: US Always Will Be a 'AAA Country'

And it always has been, said the president in a speech on the nation's S&P credit-rating downgrade.

Gates Talks 'Black in Latin America' With NPR

The Root's editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr., discusses his latest book and TV series.

The "roll" may be over, but you can still see live video of the participants in this yearly tradition, streamed from the Truman Balcony.

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New calculations say that poverty in America could be as few as 39 million or as many as 53 million people.

Even on vacation, he's still working.

The 84-year-old singer was "exhausted," according to his reps.

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16 and Pregnant alum Markai was followed as she decided to terminate a second unplanned pregnancy. How did it happen again?

Otherwise, they'll face fines up to $500 -- a day.