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The state's legislative leaders say the blending of public and private interests that is common among lawmakers of all ranks is a strength, not a weakness.

Valerie Castile's $8,000 gift to a Minnesota high school wiped out lunch debts for about 100 students. Her son, a cafeteria worker who often bought lunch for needy kids, was killed by police in 2016.

Most Syrian refugees are children, and many have lost parents. One result is a huge demand for the few places available in orphanages that have been set up in neighboring Turkey.

Last year the scientists came up with a vaccine that could cure AIDS, drug addition and Ebola. This year, according to the Pyongyang Times, they've discovered hangover-free alcohol.

We should have been prepared for this Ryan Lochte drama. After all, he starred in a reality show three years ago called What Would Ryan Do?

People in big, sparsely populated states like Montana rely on air ambulances to get to medical specialists they need. But the lifesaving flights can be hugely expensive and not covered by insurance.

The imprisonment of white nationalist Tommy Robinson in Britain has become a cause célèbre for far-right activists who say he is being persecuted for his anti-Islamic views. His supporters rallied in London Wednesday when he appealed against his prison sentence.

The U.S. has put sanctions on the Venezuelan president and labeled him a "dictator." Nicolas Maduro's tweet Monday came not long after he was uninvited from a summit of Western Hemisphere countries.

Secretary of Defense James Mattis braved policy differences and style differences with President Trump. What does his departure mean for the White House and what does it say about Trump's Cabinet?

Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. William Reid, who's spent time with the man who killed 12 people at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. He explains the extent to which mass shooters share personality traits.

When José Aguilar, a Honduran living in the Mexican border city who runs the restaurant Honduras 504, heard a caravan of mostly Honduran migrants was coming, he knew he had to do something to help.

After the mass shooting at a gay nightclub some Orlando residents looked for ways to help families of the injured. An LGBT center has become inundated with donations of food and other items.