World Dec 09 In the Philippines, Duterte’s brutal war on drugs kills thousands In the Philippines, police and unidentified gunmen have murdered thousands of people in recent months, but President Rodrigo Duterte says these death squads have more work to do.
Health Dec 06 How much time do parents spend on their screens? If you want to scold your teen or tween for their screen time on smartphones, tablets and computers, think twice: You may be setting their example.
Economy Dec 01 To break recession, Latin America and Caribbean nations must support its self-starters, study says Latin American and Caribbean nations continue to languish in a recession, and a recent report says policies that promote greater entrepreneurship could give economies a needed boost.
World Nov 25 ‘Stateless’ with ‘no possibility of escaping war’: One Syrian refugee’s story Tired of waiting for the international community to help refugees rebuild their lives, Mohammed Badran decided to take action for Syrian refugees who were "stateless and stuck," just like himself.
Health Nov 17 How cancer could emerge as the leading cause of death in the U.S. Researchers at the CDC studied four decades of data to project when cancer may become the single most lethal illness in the United States.
Health Nov 16 Why is the teen birth rate so much higher in rural areas? For the first time, government researchers studied teen birth rates in rural and urban counties. The differences surprised them.
Nation Nov 10 Photos: Across the U.S., protesters denounce election of Donald Trump Protesters burned flags, beat piñatas, blocked traffic, raised signs and chanted slogans that displayed dismay and outrage at targets spanning from systemic racism to the Electoral College, as well as with fear of what awaits the country after Donald Trump's…
Politics Nov 07 Do Americans still support the death penalty? The four ballot initiatives on the death penalty this year -- one apiece in Nebraska and Oklahoma, and two separate measures in California -- are the most we’ve ever seen in a single election.
Education Oct 21 When student loan borrowers complain, it’s most often about this company About 41 million Americans carry more than $1.3 trillion in outstanding student debt. And millions “needlessly fall behind” on this student loan debt,…
Nation Oct 13 Half of all U.S. women say they want to have a child, survey reveals Between 2013 and 2015, half of nearly 6,000 women age 15 to 44 said they plan to have children, according to the National Survey of Family Growth, considered the gold standard for surveys about family planning in the United States.