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Intended to combat gun violence, the actions include a regulatory change designed to make it harder for gun buyers to avoid background checks.

When it comes to dam safety, human eyes are still one of the best tools to recognize problems — so in some areas, workers live in remote locations to watch over the water supply.

The thought of new control measures being put into place have gun enthusiasts flocking to stores. Even a hint of new regulations brings heated discussion at a gun shop in Virginia.

Renee Montagne talks to Vali Nasr, dean of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, about the deteriorating relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Five booksellers have disappeared. "Everything is normal," one allegedly wrote in a fax to a colleague. But many doubt it, and suspect he and the others have been abducted by mainland Chinese agents.

Kuwait also summoned Iran's ambassador Tuesday to give him a note of protest over the failure to protect Saudi Arabia's diplomatic missions.

If history is any guide, the president's efforts to curb gun violence may have the unintended effect of boosting gun sales.

The 121-foot-high statue in one of the country's poorest areas was paid for by local businessmen and villagers.

The selection of graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang as the latest National Ambassador for Young People's Literature signals an important shift in the effort to reunite kids and comics.

Zsigmond, who died Friday, won an Oscar for his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He also shot The Deerhunter, Deliverance and Heaven's Gate, among other films. Originally broadcast in 1990.