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A number of 2016 presidential candidates appeared on talk shows this week, but it was Vice President Biden who got the most attention, and he hasn't even said if he'll run yet.

Most potential new drugs don't work when tested in people. It's a major disappointment and it drives up the cost of developing new drugs. One big reason is the use of animals in medical research.

Apple was once considered the most innovative company in the tech sector. But by some accounts, it's being shown up by products from Amazon, Microsoft and now Samsung.

The International Olympic Committee will decide Friday whether to accept the bid by Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, to stage the 2022 Winter Games, or instead offer it to rival contender Beijing.

Austria has halted all train traffic from Hungary, after 12,000 migrants arrived in a single day. Now there's a backlog of migrants at Budapest's main station who want to travel west.

Impeachment hearings get underway on Monday for Alabama's governor. Robert Bentley, a two-term Republican, is accused of misusing his office to cover up an alleged affair.

Two wildfires have swept across 100,000 acres in Northern California, prompting evacuations and an emergency declaration by Gov. Jerry Brown. Fire officials have confirmed at least one death.

A Samba school in Brazil partied for days after winning Rio's Carnival competition for the first time in 30 years. But a judge made a mistake, and the prize must be shared with another samba school.

Steve Inskeep talks to author Richard Florida — who has made a career studying cities, both culturally and economically. Florida's new book is called The New Urban Crisis.

The community of Winder, Ga., is in mourning after a deadly school shooting there yesterday. Classes are cancelled for the rest of the week as many try to make sense of the tragedy.