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A team of researchers in Australia used a special mapping technique to expose a striking painting of another woman under the French Impressionist's Portrait of a Woman.

Typically, when insect females evolve to become larger than males, it's in order to produce more offspring. But female orchid mantises evolved to look like flowers for a sinister reason: to hunt prey.

Nearly 2,000 people in New Zealand are gearing up to spread a little joy by giving a gift to a stranger. The gift exchange is run by the country's postal service and is now in its seventh year.

The Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers are preparing for tonight's NBA showdown. Cleveland sports teams, which haven't won a championship in 52 years, hope tonight breaks the curse.

A federal judge in Wisconsin has overturned Dassey's homicide conviction. The story rose to national prominence when it was chronicled on the Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer.

The court said it will hear the case of a Virginia school board that wants to prevent a transgender teen from using the boys' bathroom. The justices are expected to hear arguments sometime next year.

George Washington University — one of the nation's most expensive schools — is among the latest to try to make sure its students, most of whom receive financial aid, have enough to eat.

In Birmingham, tens of thousands of football fans will watch Alabama A&M face Alabama State in the Magic City Classic, a big game between two black colleges.

The Pentagon said that Qari Yasin was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan. Yasin is linked to the 2008 bombing of a hotel in Islamabad and the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team.

After dust cleared in the U.K. province's snap election, Irish nationalists drew nearly even with their pro-British counterparts. Now, big — and difficult — decisions await the divided government.