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An attempt to illegally obtain absentee ballots in Florida last year is the first known case in the U.S. of a cyberattack against an online election system, according to computer scientists and lawyers working to safeguard voting security.

In a four-part series, NBC News and CNBC examine America's sudden energy renaissance, including how "fracking" and other innovations promise to transform the nation's economic and political future.

Derek Coy hails from Baytown, Texas, and could be a poster child for American veterans of the war in Iraq as they look back and ask: “Was it all worth it?” 

Arizona is asking the Supreme Court to uphold its process for registering voters, one that several states say will reduce voter fraud but that civil rights groups insist is an effort to discourage participation by legal immigrants.

A small, private jet crashed into at least three homes in South Bend, Ind., killing two people on board and injuring two more, officials said.

Battling scandal and waning enthusiasm in the United States and Europe, the Catholic Church will rely on these aspiring priests and their peers to keep the faith.

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny on Sunday encouraged residents in Breezy Point, N.Y., to "keep your courage up, keep your spirit up" as they rebuild and said his compatriots were behind them as they soldiered on through the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

A pair of storm systems that were moving across the country on Sunday could join forces to bring snow to the Northeast — even as the official start of spring approaches next week.

A swarm of bees disturbed by tree trimming crews attacked and killed a pit bull puppy on Saturday outside a North Hollywood home, according to a resident who was attacked and fire officials.

Turkish police have arrested the suspected killer of a tourist from New York whose whose body was found in Istanbul earlier this year, a provincial governor's office said.