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Laurence Heda remembers Michael Pellegrini, who died along with four members of his family when a truck barreled through a crowd in Nice, France, killing at least 84 people.

Huie Kin made his way from China to the United States in 1868. He later married Louise Van Arnam, overcoming opposition from her Dutch-American family. Their descendants form a clan that celebrates the Great Melting Pot.

Delta and Northwest's merger would create the world's largest airline in terms of traffic. But there is still a lot to be worked out. Regulators and shareholders need to be convinced. And Northwest's pilots union is saying it will do everything it can to block the deal.

Bush set a 2025 target date for the U.S. to slow growth of greenhouse gas emissions, but remains leery of any plan that would hurt economic growth.

The Federal Reserve slashed the federal funds rate, charged on overnight loans between banks, by one-half a percentage point to 4.75 percent. Wall Street investors were happy. But for average people, the cut doesn't translate into that much money in their pockets.

Doctors in Boston say Sen. Ted Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, the apparent cause of the seizure he suffered on Saturday. Kennedy has been resting at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital since suffering the seizure at his Cape Cod home.

The surge in Iraq is one of the issues that divides the presidential candidates, but Bob Woodward's new book, The War Within, reveals that it also divided the Bush administration and the military.

Pasang Dawa Sherpa reached the summit of the world's highest peak on Sunday for the 26th time. Since making his first successful of climb of the peak in 1998, Dawa has made the trip almost every year.

Donizetti's semi-historical drama brings life to rumors that were already spreading back in the 1500s: that the so-called "Virgin Queen" actually had a secret and passionate love life.

A Vietnamese woman looks as if she's swimming in a sea of green fire — one of many striking images from the Siena International Photo Awards.