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Arab and African migrants are landing on Spain’s coast in a region with a 34 percent unemployment. That’s created friction and prompted a debate about how best to help them.

If this Senate is getting some traction, it’s not yet a threat to anyone’s legislative hall of fame. Much higher hurdles loom, including highway funding, spending bills and the debt ceiling.

It has been two years since more than 1,100 workers were killed in a garment factory collapse in Bangladesh. “Ethical fashion” is gaining momentum — though what that means depends on whom you ask.

From questions surrounding the Clinton family foundation to a congressional investigation into Benghazi, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is pushing back against allegations of scandal.

As Apple’s smart watch goes on sale, there are some big questions about the whole idea of the wrist watch as a computer, including whether consumers come to see them as a luxury or a necessity.

Under the terms of a plea deal, the former CIA director will avoid jail time. Petraeus, 62, admits having retained notebooks full of classified information and showing them to his biographer.

Two Americans who worked for al-Qaida were also killed in the counterterrorism operations in January, the White House said. The two hostages killed included an Italian who had been held since 2012.

National Guard members returning home from war don’t have the same support systems as active forces, making it difficult to diagnose and treat post-traumatic stress disorder.

By editing the genes in embryos in the lab, Chinese scientists showed that it’s possible to change hereditary traits that cause a blood disorder. But the work also created unintended mutations.

National Guard soldiers live in two worlds: They can be deployed in a crisis, but must support themselves and their families with civilian jobs. That’s made harder by the guard’s unpredictable needs.