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The world's most widely used weed killer was once seen as one of the safest pesticides. Now it is blamed for causing cancer. Yet the scientific evidence remains disputed.

There are always losers in politics. But even some of the winners wind up so badly outnumbered that accomplishing anything is a rare treat. On the surface, their jobs might seem so hopeless that you wonder why anyone took them on.

Pleas for a different approach to reporting on the "alt-right."

The rest of Georgia voters head to the polls Tuesday to select their senators in two runoff elections. Control of the U.S. Senate hangs in the balance. Republicans currently have both seats.

This year, typically sleepy school board elections have become fraught with fights over masks, vaccines and diversity curricula. Could this affect races higher up the ballot in 2022 and 2024?

School leaders say the pressures of the pandemic had already made this school year the most challenging of their lives. Then came the omicron variant.

The pandemic exposed how old-school tech hampers access to health care and other public services. With new federal funding, states finally have a way to upgrade, if they seize the opportunity.

Ride a bike. Learn the guitar. Continue studying. All of this came to a violent end for 16-year-old Marzia Mohammadi. Her diary lays bare the struggles of Afghan girls since the Taliban takeover.

Before the mid-70's, many Americans didn't know the National Security Agency existed. The agency revamped its museum and some of the secrets exposed are surprising some national security experts.

Wellesley College currently admits only some transgender and nonbinary applicants. Students voted for a non-binding referendum pushing for more inclusive admissions and communications policies.