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When a baby is born on an international flight, where the plane is registered and the airspace it’s in can determine the child’s citizenship.

Speeders on targeted stretches of road are monitored from the ground and from the sky.

A CIA official explains the 3-1-1 rule and the lasting influence of Operation Overt.

It’s for your own good—or at least that’s the theory.

Many people use the terms interchangeably, but there’s a substantial difference between the two methods of incarceration.

Shark-related tourist activities are now illegal in Mexico’s Isla Guadalupe Biosphere Reserve—a hotspot for great whites.

Harried judges in Manhattan and elsewhere hear cases into the early morning hours, including allegations of cleaver attacks.

IKEA is beloved around the world, but there’s at least one place where it’s illegal to name your baby after the furniture store: Its home country of Sweden.

Super-recognizers have a rare and uncanny ability to remember faces—a skill that’s estimated to affect just 1 to 2 percent of the population.

Fellow queens of Christmas Darlene Love and Elizabeth Chan have thoughts.

The woman known as "Jane Roe" left an enormous mark on the nation’s political landscape—one that’s still at the fore a half-century later.

The statute targets cars blaring music that can be heard 25 feet away. Critics say it's just a sneaky way to pull suspicious vehicles over.