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Pope Francis, accompanied by President Barack Obama, and others, is greeted upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Interruptions are ubiquitous and annoying. Studies indicate that getting interrupted is also costly — it can take a long while for people who have been distracted to settle back into tasks. Now, new research explores whether there is a cure.

The fall TV season begins this week and one of the most anticipated new shows is The Muppets. It's a mockumentary, behind-the-scenes type of show that premieres Tuesday night on ABC.

A group of female veterans made history Tuesday as they participated in the first-ever all-female Honor Flight. The Honor Flight Network is a nonprofit that flies veterans to Washington, D.C., to see the memorials that were built in their honor.

European Union interior and justice ministers met in Brussels Tuesday to discuss a proposed plan to relocate 120,000 refugees across member states. The meeting, on the eve of an EU summit, is likely to prove contentious, since several eastern European governments have already rejected the idea.

Pope Francis was greeted upon his arrival by President Obama and Vice President Biden at Joint Base Andrews near Washington, D.C. He will also travel to New York City and Philadelphia on this tour.

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NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and other Catholic comedians have been asked to put their talents to a good cause in honor of Pope Francis' visit.

Chinese President Xi Jinping begins his trip to the U.S. in Seattle Tuesday, where he will meet with leaders in tech and aerospace.

NPR's Ari Shapiro interviews Dean Garfield, president and CEO of the Information Technology Industry Council, who will be the keynote speaker at the U.S.-China business roundtable Wednesday.

Daniel Thompson, who invented the folding ping pong table and the bagel machine, has died at age 94.

After more than four years of civil war in Syria, what's driving people to Europe in such numbers now? NPR takes a look at the Syrian city of Aleppo to illustrate what Syria has become.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday the greater sage grouse does not need protections under the Endangered Species Act. The move is being celebrated by Western states and industry stakeholders because they say a listing would cost them billions of dollars in economic activity. But some environmental groups say the bird should be listed as endangered, and they plan to file lawsuits.

The Caldecott and Newbery award-winning author says he won't publish anything he isn't proud of. His new picture book is about five figurines on a windowsill who are all waiting for something.

In the South, unions have faced an especially tough battle. Still, organizers keep trying. United Auto Workers is trying to win a vote by workers at a factory in Piedmont, Ala., on Wednesday.

Five persons were injured after a Sanguem-bound bus in which they were travelling overturned at Pajifond, Margao, Tuesday evening

One Direction heeft dinsdag een nieuw album aangekondigd. De nieuwe plaat heet Made In The A.M. Dit hebben de vier zangers van de Britse boyband bekendgemaakt in een videoboodschap op Twitter.

With a special focus of educating the masses and vaccinating both, pet and stray dogs, the team of Mission Rabies project, which aims to make Goa rabies-free by 2018, has reached out to nearly one lakh school children

BJP legislator from St Andre constituency and chairman of Kala Academy Vishnu Surya Wagh has called on the Goa government to ban the Hindu right-wing organization Sanatan Sanstha for the kind of activities it is involved in

A constable of the II Indian reserve battalion (IRB) Raj Revodkar died in a road accident at Dhargalim Tuesday evening.

KENTWOOD, Michigan - A Michigan woman who won a $1 million lottery prize didn't know about it for months, after leaving the ticket in a pile of mail.

KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan woman who won a $1 million lottery prize didn't know about it for months, after leaving the ticket in a pile of mail.

KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan woman who won a $1 million lottery prize didn't know about it for months, after leaving the ticket in a pile of mail.

KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan woman who won a $1 million lottery prize didn't know about it for months, after leaving the ticket in a pile of mail. Lottery officials say Linda Tuttle of Kentwood stepped forward Tuesday with a winning ticket from the May 26 Mega Millions drawing. Tuttle told officials she recently found the ticket at home among some old mail. She didn't search until a clerk at a local store mentioned that it had sold a $1 million winner in May. Tuttle plans to use some money to visit former exchange students in China.

Lashing out at the state BJP government for ‘the total collapse of law and order in the state with increasing crimes like double murders and the banned dhirios (bull fights) being reported within the constituency of the chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar,’ Congress secretary Durgadas Kamat on Monday demanded that the portfolio of home be divested from Parsekar and handed over to another minister who would do better justice to it.