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As law enforcement tries to combat the startling number of murders in the city, two young people share what they've learned in a detention center.

Boys Scouts of America says it will allow transgender boys to become Scouts. The news is meeting with mixed reaction from scout troops.

Saying that President Trump's immigration ban is illegal, the state's lawsuit cites instances in which he said he would base immigration decisions on religion.

Amitai Etzioni, who escaped Nazi Germany as a child, proposes a way for the U.S. to bring in young Syrian refugee children. A similar past program brought in thousands of unaccompanied Cuban minors.

The idea got a standing ovation at the governor's State of the State address Monday night, with Democratic Leader Craig Fitzhugh saying, "Actually I had hoped that we would do that earlier."

Democrats boycotted a meeting of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday morning, preventing the panel from voting on nominees to lead the departments of the Treasury and Health and Human Services.

The media mogul has a new gig starting this fall. "There is only one Oprah Winfrey," says the show's executive producer, Jeff Fager, who calls it a perfect fit.

Gold is tasteless, odorless and has zero nutritional value, but it's appearing in everything from hamburgers to $1,000 sundaes. Much of it amounts to publicity stunts, though sometimes it's pure art.