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John Kenneth Galbraith -- social economist, Harvard professor, diplomat -- is dead at 97. His work influenced Roosevelt, Kennedy and Johnson and generations of U.S. politicians. He spoke to Howard Berkes in 1999.

The pandemic drove U.S. life expectancy down again in 2021 even though life-saving vaccines were widely available.

Divers off Florida's Marquesas Key discovered at least $1 million worth of gold chains, bars, rings and other artifacts last weekend. The booty belonged to the Spanish galleon the Santa Margarita, which was lost in a hurricane 385 years ago.

If someone told you a few years back that the U.S. could be headed towards another civil war, you might've slowly backed away.

Utility company American Electric Power has agreed to settle a lawsuit over charges that emissions from its coal-fired power plants polluted the air over several states. The settlement is viewed as a significant victory for the Environmental Protection Agency.

Reporter Myles Harris of WSYX-TV in Columbus was taping a local crime story when his mom Sandi Harris pulled up in her car. He posted the surprise visit to his Instagram account.

The debris has been floating in space for the past decade and experts believe it came from a Chinese rocket test. The impact is expected to leave a crater anywhere from about 30 to 60 feet wide.

A spreading corporate scandal over stock options has claimed the chief executive of the nation's second-largest health insurer. William McGuire will leave UnitedHealth Group after an independent investigation disclosed serious problems in the way stock options were granted at the company.

American Home Mortage filed for bankruptcy last month after falling victim to the weak housing market. Aimee Waltz, a loan officer who recently lost her job with American Home Mortgage, says it's not just irresponsible lenders who've brought on the subprime mortgage crisis.

"I just EGOT!" the 57-year-old actor said after winning best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording for her memoir, Finding Me, at the Grammys premiere ceremony on Sunday.