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New Jersey firefighter Capt. Bill Lavin is building 26 playgrounds for each of the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in communities hit hard by superstorm Sandy.

Compared to other states, relatively few people have signed up for health insurance through Maryland's health exchange. Many say Maryland's identity verification system is to blame.

On Wednesday, Connecticut Governor Malloy announced the opening of four intake centers in the state to help homeowners apply for disaster assistance from…

In a report about the post-shutdown political environment, a prominent Republican pollster finds the GOP brand has taken a huge hit over the past month.

The religious women challenged the gender norms just by running, but male candidates captured all the seats in the small ultra-Orthodox town.

Smog was so terrible in one city that it closed schools and grounded planes. The satellite image shows how wind patterns and the mountains helped trap the pollution.

One of the big questions now is what will happen if the federal health insurance website can't be fixed soon. Will the government penalize people for not having insurance if they couldn't realistically buy it?

What had been an infrequent novelty — mixing electronic and '30s beats with scat and big band-ish horn solos — has become more and more common among European dance musicians and producers. Critic Milo Miles looks at two compilations that highlight this European dance trend.

Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy of Connecticut is pushing back against a GOP accusation that he’s been involved in unethical fundraising activity.…

The news that a baby born HIV-positive in Mississippi stayed HIV-free even though her mother stopped giving her anti-retroviral drugs sparked skepticism earlier this year. But a new report says that the girl is still virus-free at age 3. This could jumpstart a global study on super-early treatment of HIV-positive newborns.