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You have to be 18 to vote, buy a pack of cigarettes or enlist in the military, and a Texas lawmaker wants to add using a tanning bed to the list.

The Longshoremen (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance have reached a tentative agreement covering some 14,000 workers in 15 East Coast ports, the Federal Mediation Service and Conciliation (FMCS) announced late Friday. The two sides had faced a Feb. 6 strike deadline.

Three students from Montgomery County, Pa., accomplished something extremely rare -- they all scored a perfect score of 2400 on their SAT.

NBCLatino.com: A growing number of Americans are looking farther south than Mexico, and a bit further east, for their “medical tourism” needs.

Let the spring fever commence! Punxsutawney Phil crawled out early Saturday morning and did not see his shadow, signaling it will be an early spring. "Spring, bring it on," said TODAY's Erica Hill.

As the U.S. military implements its new and controversial policy ahead of a January 2016 deadline, it will be seeking lessons from Israel and the handful of other countries that currently do not bar women from front-line combat.

A convicted murderer from Indiana who was mistakenly released following a Chicago court appearance was back in custody Saturday after authorities tracked him down about 60 miles away.

A longtime Memphis educator accused of leading a 15-year scheme to help teachers cheat on qualification exams changed his plea to guilty on Friday, a week after he rejected a deal from prosecutors. Clarence Mumford Sr.

Four nudists were cited and detained by police this afternoon in front of San Francisco City Hall at a protest against a citywide nudity ban that went into effect Friday, NBC Bay area reported.

The National Prosecutor Memorial in Columbia, S.C., lists the names of 11 prosecutors who were murdered in connection to their jobs, a testament to the rarity of such attacks.