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Earlier, less rigorous studies have shown that consumption of MDMA -- the active ingredient in the party drug -- can boost confidence, heighten bonding and increase understanding of social cues.

India's e-commerce companies are investing heavily in building out their capabilities to offer a diverse set of services to sellers on their sites.

SpaceX, now certified by the U.S. Air Force, can compete against a Boeing and Lockheed Martin consortium for high-profile space missions.

Gov. Pete Ricketts said abolishing the death penalty would send a message that Nebraska "will be soft on crime."

Three companies plan to remove ads from TLC's "19 Kids and Counting," in a sign of waning support for the top-rated program about a large Christian family following reports that the eldest son had molested underage girls.

We compare specs and pricing for the LG G4 and the HTC One M9.

Median pay for CEOs at health care companies was $13.6 million in 2014, an analysis shows.

Pentagon said that having a Shiite code-name was "unhelpful."

Despite being the disappearing messaging app, Snapchat can quickly consume a ton of your cellular data.

Executives are counting on big-budget sequels, movies aimed at women and some creative accounting to recover from last summer's weak showing.

John Malone, who has a long history of shrewd business moves in the cable industry, didn't become the master of his craft by accident.

Here's a glimpse at stocks on the move Tuesday.

Hundreds of square meters of land were transferred to the Shim'a settlement of in 1983, though West Bank Israeli settlements and their expansion are considered illegal.

The measure still leaves Louisiana among the harsher states on marijuana possession.

West Virginia joins 10 other states with such bans, though the claim that fetuses can feel pain after 20 weeks is disputed.

The Iraqi security forces launched a last-minute operation to retake Ramadi Monday, but ISIS could outgun them.

North Korea faces sanctions from the United Nations and is banned from developing or using ballistic missile technology.

Last year, the Philippines accused China of reclaiming land on Johnson South Reef, apparently to build an airstrip.

A white paper on Chinese military strategy also stressed protection from space weaponization and cybersecurity, amid a more assertive naval approach.

Lassa fever is endemic to parts of West Africa also affected by the ongoing Ebola epidemic, but is rarely seen in the U.S.

The trade-reliant economy expanded an annualized and seasonally adjusted 3.2 percent in the January-March quarter.