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An Egyptian court has sentenced 21 defendants to death over a deadly soccer riot last year, adding fuel to the violent protests that continued to flare across the country on Saturday.

Pressure cooker bombs have long been used in places such as Afghanistan and Pakistan because they are cheap, easy to build and inconspicuous. They rely on basic principles of physics to amplify their explosive power.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made some bold moves in his first day leading Twitter.

Two wins away from a potential state championship, this year’s Peoria High School girls basketball team has advanced farther than any other in program history.

Significant aftershocks continue to rock Chile two days after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake brought down buildings and bridges, and triggered a tsunami. And yet it's already clear the devastation won't reach the levels seen in Haiti. Walter Mooney, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, explains the differences between the two quakes.

Tuesday marked 26 consecutive days in Phoenix, Az. with a temperature over 110 degrees, and it doesn't look like it will let up any time soon.

A report from the Bipartisan Policy Center suggests that seniors should start paying more for Medicare to help the nation's deficit. It also wants the government to check the growth of both Medicare and Medicaid programs in the future.

The low levels are affecting drinking water and shipping traffic up and down the river. Once submerged sand bars have surfaced and shipping has been disrupted.

Tazewell County is on track to have five new county board members, but one seat remained undecided Tuesday with just one vote separating two candidates.

Northern Virginia guitarist Yasmin Williams shares how the Tiny Desk Contest changed her life — despite entering it twice and never winning.