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A new book called Why Nations Fail argues that a lot comes down to politics — not just laws, but also a country's norms.

The recent school shooting rampage in Ohio has once again focused national attention on the issue of student violence. But experts say such high-profile incidents overshadow an important trend: Overall, violent crime in U.S. schools has fallen significantly since the early 1990s.

A Wisconsin recall election will go ahead as planned even though its target, one of four Republican state senators facing recalls, said Friday that she's resigning.

This drinking song celebrates the biochemistry of getting drunk, the hangover that ensues, and the microorganism behind it all.

President Obama told a story about his predecessor Rutherford B. Hayes questioning the future utility of the telephone, portraying the 19th president as blinkered to the future. Unfortunately, there's no record of the Hayes story being true.

Samira Ibrahim, the face of the protests, said women in Egypt are under attack.

In a Nemo-inspired cartoon, a menacing fish lures unsuspecting little fish with a glowing picture of a Communist hero. A South Park-like animation skewers China's elites. These are among the works of a new generation of Chinese political cartoonists who are using social media to evade censors.

The guitarist grew up in New Jersey but absorbed the country music his West Virginian parents loved. His new album is Man About Town.

The U.S. soldier alleged to have killed 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime rampage has been identified as Staff Sgt. Robert Bales of Lake Tapps, Wash. His former platoon leader and neighbors in his rural community are bewildered; one neighbor describes him as "just one of the guys."

Debt-beleaguered Greece has secured a second international bailout, but for many Greeks, the conditions set by their EU partners are a breach of sovereignty.