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It's been 50 years since a dynamite bomb detonated beneath the steps of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls and galvanizing a civil rights movement.

The Texas Giant is back open at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, two months after a woman fell to her death while on the wooden roller coaster.On the night of July 29, Rosa Esparza, 52, fell from a cart as it took a sharp turn.

The Powerball jackpot swelled to a dizzying $400 million Sunday after the winning numbers for the multi-state lottery game went unmatched in Saturday night's drawing, officials said.  The nearly half-a-billion-dollar jackpot would have a $223.

More students in seminaries, more people in the pews, and the pitter-patter of little feet padding through the rectory.Is that what the Catholic Church would look like if it scrapped centuries of tradition and allowed priests to be married?

United States Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday a U.S.-Russia deal has the “full ability” strip Syria of its chemical weapons.

Residents in Colorado towns isolated by devastating floods have a choice: Leave now or face weeks without basic supplies, including running water and electricity, officials are warning."We're not trying to force anyone from their home.

NEW YORK — Police opened fire after a confrontation with an emotionally disturbed man near New York City's Times Square late on Saturday night, hitting two women nearby, police told NBC's affiliate WNBC.

Scores of Colorado school kids and their adult chaperons who were stranded at an outdoor education center near Boulder were rescued by helicopter and returned safely to their families on Saturday, a Boulder Valley School District spokesman told NBC News.

For those who followed the AFL-CIO 2013 Convention online this past week, here is full video coverage of the proceedings from Sunday to Wednesday, including speeches from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez and more. Watch Trumka's speech in this blog post, then click here to access the rest of the videos. 

Officials warned residents of Colorado towns isolated by devastating floods against remaining there, telling them that they could face weeks without basic supplies, including running water and electricity.