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Will a guaranteed income ever come to America?

By Felix Oberholzer-Gee

With far more economic inequality than Switzerland, why is the U.S. so much less tolerant of wealth redistribution?…

UPDATE: Death toll rises to 33 in Washington mudslide

By Margaret Myers, News Desk

A total of 24 bodies have been recovered from the Washington mudslide, Washington officials reported Monday.

America's Ponzi scheme: Why Social Security needs to retire

By Laurence Kotlikoff

Retirees may be attached to Social Security, but it's an unfair system that takes advantage of America's children, Larry Kotlikoff argues, and will leave them with a $23 trillion bill.

Australians get 'promising lead' in search for missing Malaysian plane

By Ellen Rolfes

Many hope that this could be the missing black box from Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, which vanished on March 7. Officials leading the search for the missing aircraft have cautiously called this a "most promising lead."…

Supreme Court declines appeal in same-sex wedding photographer case

By Associated Press

The justices on Monday left in place a state Supreme Court ruling that said Elane Photography violated a state anti-discrimination law when it refused to work for a same-sex couple who wanted pictures of their commitment ceremony.

Hagel is first foreigner to tour China's new aircraft carrier

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel got a rare tour Monday of China's first aircraft carrier, becoming the first foreign visitor to go aboard the ship, according to Chinese leaders.

Survey: Roughly 3.5 million gained coverage under the new health law

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

Released Monday, the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index measured the share of adults without health insurance. That shrank from 17.1 percent at the end of last year to 15.6 percent for the first three months of 2014.

Unpacking the largest environmental settlement in U.S. history

By Hari Sreenivasan

From New Jersey to the Navajo Nation, more than $5 billion has been designated to clean up contaminated areas following the largest environmental settlement in U.S. history.

GOP quietly secures change in health care law

By Associated Press

At the prodding of business organizations, House Republicans quietly secured a recent change in President Barack Obama's health law to expand coverage choices, a striking, one-of-a-kind departure from dozens of high-decibel attempts to repeal or dismember it.