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Shlissel challah is a special loaf baked the first sabbath after Passover. We trace the modern route by which the bread has spread beyond the ultra-orthodox world to everyday Jewish bakers.

Kalamazoo will host one of 700 women's marches across the country this weekend. A second recall effort against Albion's mayor has been dropped. Michigan's…

People who lack special needs but simply want to keep their pets with them all the time can easily find fake "service animal" certifications on the Web. But those phony credentials can create problems for people with disabilities who legitimately need trained service dogs.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $1.7 billion to settle criminal charges accusing the bank of ignoring obvious warning signs of Bernard Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme.

Heads of state are in Paris to attend the opening of the U.N. climate change conference on Monday. It's a huge security challenge for a city still reeling from the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks.

Doctors who performed the world's first partial face transplant provide an update on the procedure and the patient's condition. The recipient was a 38-year-old French woman who had been mauled by a dog.

Energy production, military realignment, Hispanic immigration, student enrollment and changing retirement patterns are among the forces driving population gains in America's fastest-growing counties.

A sweeping surveillance bill giving the government heightened powers to spy and analyze metadata passed the lower house and is expected to clear the Senate. Critics call it the French Patriot Act.

In 1965, peaceful marchers were attacked by Alabama state troopers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Selma has become a rallying cry for equal rights around the world.

A week of coverage from New Orleans to explore what residents and business leaders are thinking about the future of their city begins with visits to a woman at an Algiers church, a husband and wife cleaning up in Saint Bernard Parish and a Holocaust survivor. They are not sure if to stay or leave the city they love.