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The United States Constitution was once a model for charters around the world, but its influence is waning, according to a new study.

Some of the earliest Americans turn out to have been artists. A bone fragment at least 13,000 years old, with the carved image of a mammoth or mastodon, has been discovered in Florida, a new study reports. While prehistoric art depicting animals with trunks has been found in Europe, this may be the first in the Western Hemisphere, researchers report Wednesday in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

Americans are living longer, but not in every corner of the country. A new study shows that in hundreds of U.S. counties mostly in the South ...