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During the outbreak, with schools closed, some districts are using bus drivers to deliver meals and a warm greeting, providing some comfort to students at their regular bus stops.

Did you really think the apples you lifted out of a wooden crate at a grocery store came from a local farm? Think again. As Martin Lindstrom explains in his new book, Brandwashed, companies use many tricks to manipulate our minds and persuade us to buy.

Dominion Voting Systems has sued Fox News for defamation, accusing the network of spreading falsehoods about the company's conduct in the 2020 presidential election.

Saturday is the winter solstice — which means it will be the longest night of the year. For many artists and poets, that thought is far from depressing: instead, night's darkness is invigorating. Filmmaker Phil Cousineau has edited a new collection on the allure of the night, and Jeff Dowd — the inspiration for "The Dude" — wrote the foreword.

President Biden pledged during his election campaign to end privately-run immigration detention centers. But advocates say his administration is not following through on his promises.

The pandemic was marked by a surge in all kinds of investments — from stocks to Bitcoin. Now surging inflation is leading to steep falls across the markets.

More couples — including those who stayed in Russia and those who fled — are urgently marrying, for reasons both practical and deeply emotional.

The musicians, theater groups and artists of Belarus have been driven underground recent years under the increasingly authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko. Among the groups that have managed to thrive is the Belarus Free Theater, which is gaining recognition abroad. Its director was a key organizer of the popular protests of last month's president election, which many in the international community say was rigged.

Such massive storms are fairly rare, and it's even more rare for them to make landfall. NOAA says that for such storms, "catastrophic damage will occur" with electricity outages "for weeks or months."

Julie Zetlin is the United States' top-ranked rhythmic gymnast; she has already qualified to compete in London. And while she wants a medal from the Summer Olympics, she also wants Americans to take her sport seriously.