• Final debate clears up little for undecided voters

    Final debate clears up little for undecided voters

    Oct 20, 2016 02:42 PM EDT

    ... I just don't know how to get there." Here's what else Holter and others had to say: 'LIKE A LITTLE KID' Watching the start of the debate at Bo's 'N Mine bar and grill in River Falls, Holter took note when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump again ...

  • Can Uber and Lyft save carpooling?

    Can Uber and Lyft save carpooling?

    Aug 27, 2016 05:21 PM EDT

    ... care, then to the bank, and then to work. Tacking on errands makes it difficult to coordinate carpooling. The errands often fall on women. Brian Taylor, a professor of urban planning at the University of California, Los Angeles, calls this “the gender gap in schlepping.” In a 2015 study in ...

  • Convention protesters dispute police account of flag-burning

    Convention protesters dispute police account of flag-burning

    Jul 21, 2016 03:45 PM EDT

    ... the day Trump was scheduled to accept the Republican nomination for president. The flag-burning brought to 23 the number of people arrested since the start of the convention, far fewer than many had feared. "We're still out there, we're still vigilant, to make sure we finish this ...

  • Do call it a comeback -- how the checkerspot butterfly found salvation in a women’s prison

    Do call it a comeback -- how the checkerspot butterfly found salvation in a women’s prison

    May 18, 2016 12:41 AM EDT

    ... Lewis-McChord near Seattle, Washington, is not a place you would expect to be ideal habitat for an endangered species. But it is. Meet the Taylor's checkerspot butterfly. Ten years ago, this beautiful insect was on the brink of extinction; 99 percent of its native prairie habitat in the ...

  • 4 issues that remain in limbo in Congress

    4 issues that remain in limbo in Congress

    Apr 04, 2016 05:16 PM EDT

    ... end of the year. Republicans leaders such as McConnell want to get the process back on track, and the Senate Appropriations Committee is expected to start with this work during the week of April 11. It'll be a test for the Senate, and pitfalls await, including potential fights over ...

  • Clinton's critical mistake in handling her email release

    Clinton's critical mistake in handling her email release

    Feb 17, 2016 05:36 PM EDT

    Tread carefully before opting out. A new Harvard study explores why choosing not to disclose might be perceived as worse than lying.

  • How a young, brash Donald Trump took on the NFL

    How a young, brash Donald Trump took on the NFL

    Feb 08, 2016 05:41 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON -- More than 30 years ago, Donald Trump bought a franchise in the upstart United States Football League. He then led his fellow owners to sue the NFL in a high-stakes antitrust case.

  • Carson staffers quit, question his readiness for White House

    Carson staffers quit, question his readiness for White House

    Dec 31, 2015 10:23 PM EDT

    DES MOINES, Iowa — Several top aides to Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson resigned on Thursday, citing frustration with the influence of the retired neurosurgeon's business manager and questioning his readiness for the White House.

  • 8 things you didn't know about Frank Sinatra

    8 things you didn't know about Frank Sinatra

    Dec 12, 2015 06:45 PM EDT

    Saturday marks what would've been legendary crooner Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday. Even though he never formally learned to read music, Sinatra's career spanning half a century earned him the nicknames "The Voice" and "The Sultan of Swoon," as he left an indelible mark on American music. Here are eight things you didn't know about "Ol'...

  • Congress returns to looming deadlines on budget, highways

    Congress returns to looming deadlines on budget, highways

    Nov 30, 2015 05:12 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill to wrap up work on the budget, highway spending and taxes, an end-of-the-year stretch that will test the standing of Republican leaders like House Speaker Paul Ryan with the GOP's tea party wing and its anti-establishment presidential candidates.