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"Moderate to extreme" drought conditions already exist in about 55 percent of the continental U.S. No relief is in sight. There are warnings this could be one of the 10-most expensive weather disasters in U.S. history.

Until now, a 250-year-old encoded text titled the Copiale Cipher baffled cryptographers and historians with bizarre symbols and seemingly random letters. Computer scientist Kevin Knight and two Swedish researchers have broken the code to the 105-page manuscript, and NPR's Daniel Hajek reports on what the Cipher revealed.

The newest Fatal Fury fighting game will include a curious choice of playable characters, including soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo and Bosnian-Swedish DJ Salvatore Ganacci.

The president said that Nvidia would pay the government in exchange for easing export restrictions — and that he'd initially asked for a larger cut.

Tornado death tolls don't tell the whole story. One couple survived against incomprehensible odds in a trailer obliterated by the storm to face a heart-breaking search for their lost dog.

On Friday, a gunman opened fire on the CDC campus in Atlanta and a police officer was killed. The shooting has left employees uncertain about how safe they are at their jobs.

Study in the Lancet finds that with US and European cuts to foreign assistance programs the provide AIDS treatments and medicines there will be millions of news cases and deaths from AIDS in the coming years. Reporter: Emanuel; Editor: Davis

It's been 40 years since musicians came together to raise money for foreign aid and reshaped attitudes toward international development.

The centenarian co-founder of Colorado's first Black ski club has died. Val Tanaka is being remembered for sharing the joy of skiing with everyone, regardless of race.

This week, University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders shared he was treated for aggressive bladder cancer. Surgeons removed the diseased bladder, and in a procedure called "neobladder construction," they made him a new bladder. Here's the science behind the procedure.