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Senate Republicans began the process Tuesday of shutting down the Affordable Care Act, one of the key features of the Obama presidency.

Obama Makes A Last-Ditch Effort For His Signature Health Care Law

President Obama tries to rally congressional Democrats to save his namesake health care law, even as Republicans take the first step toward repeal.

Israeli soldier Elor Azaria, who was caught on video shooting a wounded Palestinian assailant in the head as he lay on the ground, speaks with his lawyers upon his arrival for a hearing at a military appeals court in Tel Aviv on Nov. 23, 2016. Azaria has been found guilty of manslaughter.

Israeli Soldier Convicted Of Manslaughter For Killing Wounded Palestinian

After a Palestinian assailant had been shot and wounded, a 20-year-old Israeli soldier shot the motionless man in the head. The shooting was captured on camera by a human rights activist.

House Speaker Ryan Confused By Teen's Dance Move

Rep. Roger Marshall of Kansas was being sworn in on Tuesday by House Speaker Paul Ryan. Marshall's son was in the camera shot dabbing. You may know the dance move. Paul Ryan didn't.

Back In Session, Congress Focuses On Affordable Care Act

Donald Trump and Republican leaders have promised to repeal and replace the law. Rachel Martin talks to Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, vice-chair of the Trump transition team.

An artist's rendering of a black hole that's 2 billion times more massive than our sun. Streams of particles ejected from black holes like this one are thought to be the brightest objects in the universe.

Some Bizarre Black Holes Put On Light Shows

Black holes aren't all doom and gloom. Some of these incredibly dense matter-suckers fling powerful jets of light and charged particles — the space version of a fireworks show.

Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu (left) celebrates Mass on his 85th birthday at St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, on Oct. 7. Tutu has called for the right to assisted death, which is currently illegal in his country.

Desmond Tutu Joins Advocates To Call For Right To Assisted Death

Euthanasia is illegal in South Africa, but the Nobel Peace Prize laureate has spoken out recently in support of the option to choose. He has long lived with prostate cancer.

Former Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson will give up about $7 million compared with what he would have received had he retired in March as planned. His confirmation hearings for secretary of state are tentatively set to begin Jan. 11.

Rex Tillerson Cuts Ties With Exxon Mobil In Advance Of Confirmation Hearings

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to become U.S. secretary of state is in line to receive a $180 million retirement package.

An injured passenger is taken from the Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn on Wednesday after a Long Island Rail Road train hit a bumping block.

More Than 100 People Injured In New York Train Crash

A crowded commuter train smashed into a bumper block and partly derailed as it pulled into Brooklyn's Atlantic Terminal on Wednesday morning. The injuries reported so far have been largely minor.

French cyclist Robert Marchand, 105, reacts after setting a record for distance cycled in one hour, at the velodrome of Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, outside Paris on Wednesday.

105-Year-Old Cyclist Rides 14 Miles In An Hour En Route To A World Record

"I am not here to be champion. I am here to prove that at 105 years old you can still ride a bike," Frenchman Robert Marchand said.

Kesha Wilson holds her 1-year-old son, Kamiyan Cooper, while family nurse practitioner Terrance James makes notes as part of an examination, at a county health center in Portland, Ore., in 2012.

FACT CHECK: Once Again, Lawmakers Are Stretching The Facts On Obamacare

Lots of facts have been thrown around as the new GOP Congress takes steps toward repealing the Affordable Care Act. Lawmakers are bickering over costs and consequences. But what's true in all of it?

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